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.