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A short story by Ambrose Bierce |
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The Man With No Enemies |
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Title: The Man With No Enemies Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] An Inoffensive Person walking in a public place was assaulted by a Stranger with a Club, and severely beaten. When the Stranger with a Club was brought to trial, the complainant said to the Judge: "I do not know why I was assaulted; I have not an enemy in the world." "That," said the defendant, "is why I struck him." "Let the prisoner be discharged," said the Judge; "a man who has no enemies has no friends. The courts are not for such." [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |