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Projectile - n. the final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were resolved by physical contact of the disputants with such arguments as the rudimentary logic of the times would supply - sword, spear, and so forth. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by all. Its capital defect ( in Bierce's day ) has been that it requires personal attendance at the point of launch.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Ambrose Bierce |

Never enter into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many on their getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Thomas Jefferson |

True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Alexander Pope |

Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Joseph Addison |