Dagger in hand

A man of prodigious fortune, coming to add his opinion to some light discussion that was going on casually at his table, began precisely thus: "It can only be a liar or an ignoramus who will say otherwise than," and so on. Pursue that philosophical point, dagger in hand.

--Michel de Montaigne, Of the art of discussion.



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Saturday, June 15, 2002
 
WHY HIM?:
Here's a first-hand account from Tom Veal, the guy who suffered for linking to my sins. Scroll down to his entry of April 9.


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