The Man with No Enemies

by Ambrose 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."