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
Yet over all the mighty sweep of events and the stupendous results of the sword-thrust throughout the ages, comes this insinuating claim, "The pen is mightier than the sword."
From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace
Such are: The pen is mightier than the sword; Business men should not read poetry; Every person should play golf; Ancient authors were greater than modern authors.
From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence
"Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword."
From The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature by Parsons, Frank
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