The pen is mightier than the sword
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DeTroy likened the accusations as an indiscriminate Scud missile attack that rewrote the adage, "The pen is mightier than the sword."
From US News ● Jul. 23, 2015
I have discovered the absolute truth of an adage that I had never before truly taken to heart: "The pen is mightier than the sword."
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2012
"The pen is mightier than the sword, Mr. Brent, sir, that's a fact," he gasped, tumbling headlong into Brent's room.
From In the Mayor's Parlour by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
To say, "The pen is mightier than the sword," is more graphic and forcible than to say, "Literature is mightier than war."
From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter
He quoted:— "The pen is mightier than the sword."
From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Miranda Eliot Swan
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