The pen is mightier than the sword

Cultural  

1. Human history is influenced more by the written word than by warfare.

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The pen is mightier than the sword

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

It has long been said that "The pen is mightier than the sword," but from present indications, it is proper to add that the typewriter is mightier than the pen.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

When I write anything I want it to be real and connected in form, as, for instance, in your quotation from Lord Lytton's play of "Richelieu," "The pen is mightier than the sword."

From A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After by Haney, John Louis

No, I cannot subscribe to your sentiment, "The pen is mightier than the sword," which you ask me to write, because it is not true.

From A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After by Haney, John Louis