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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Wednesday, October 23, 2002
 
Hey, I got linked by the Miller himself. And he managed to stump me on what should have been an obvious Shakespeare reference. Another one like that and I'll have to take a refresher course with Babs. And to think I played Prince Hal in college.


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