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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Monday, April 07, 2003
 
Dialing it in. We went to see Phone Booth the other day. Gee, I wish I too could be stalked by an omniscient guardian sniper who would kill a couple random people just to force me to face up to my character flaws and remake my life.


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