The Devil's Dictionary: Force

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
FOOL
FOREFINGER

FORCE

-n.

"Force is but might," the teacher said —
"That definition's just."
The boy said naught but through instead,
Remembering his pounded head:
"Force is not might but must!"
 
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