History's Classiest Burns Are As Clever As They Are Insulting

For as long as humans have been on this Earth, human-ing it up, we've had no shortage of insults thrown back and forth at one another. But it's one thing just to insult someone with neanderthal-level vulgarity, and another thing entirely to use your wits and a little humor to, in as polite a way as possible, lay down a truly epic burn.

Here are some of history's classiest burns, via Reddit.












































For the rest, head over to the wonderful Imgur gallery of classy historic insults. Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/historic-classy-burns_n_5722730.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird+News