‘the pen is mightier than the sword’: meaning and early occurrences
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WEBJul 1, 2020 · The phrase the pen is mightier than the sword means that writing is more effective than military power or violence. Because the earliest occurrence of this phrase that the Oxford English Dictionary has recorded since its first edition (1904) is from Richelieu; or, The Conspiracy: A Play, in Five Acts (London: Saunders and Otley, 1839), …
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