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, December 21, 2002
 
OH, BUT IT'S SAD WHEN A LOVE AFFAIR . . . DIES.
By the way Diane, the only time I ever got paid for translating something it was Japanese visa applications for Nippondenso engineers.


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