Skip to content
SAPIR 861
Calculate

LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punc… — The Devil's Dictionary

EN RU עברית ES PT FR عربي ΕΛ
SAPIR 861

The Devil's Dictionary — Ambrose Bierce

LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem--a kind of contest in which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is denied the reward of success.

Place: ¶908
License: Public domain · Source
The text is given as in the edition, unedited.

Share

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0