And a Final Installment of Immortal Put-Downs

“He is not only dull himself;  he is the cause of dullness in others.”
–Samuel Johnson

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“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.”
–Paul Keating

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“In order to avoid being called a flirt,  she always yielded easily.”
–Charles, Count Talleyrand

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“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.”
–Forrest Tucker

“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”
–Mark Twain

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“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.”
–Mae West

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“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go..”
–Oscar Wilde

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“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts … for support rather than illumination.”
–Andrew Lang

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