2007-05-19 03:34:27 · 18 answers · asked by Janice G 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The pen is mightier than the sword
2007-05-19 03:36:22 · answer #1 · answered by logan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Saying: THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.
Who Said It: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
When: 1839
The Story behind It: In Act II of Bulwer-Lytton's play Richelieu, Cardinal Richelieu learns of a plot against him contrived by a friend and confidant, the monk Joseph. Since as a priest he could not challenge the monk to physical combat, Richelieu issued a written statement which contains the following:
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Bulwer-Lytton was not the only one, nor was he the first, to have the thought. The Greek poet Euripides, who died about 406 B.C., said, "The tongue is mightier than the blade." In 1600 Shakespeare had Rosencrantz in Hamlet say that "... many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills." In 1621 Robert Burton wrote The Anatomy of Melancholy, in which he stated: "From this it is clear how much more cruel the pen may be than the sword." Also preceding Bulwer-Lytton was Thomas Jefferson, who in 1796 sent a letter to Thomas Paine in which he wrote: "Go on doing with your pen what in other times was done with the sword."
2007-05-19 03:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by Homeschool produces winners 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pen Is Mightier than the sword. Didn't John Hancock or someone back in the Revloutionary War say that?
2007-05-19 03:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its "pen".
"The pen is mightier than the sword" is an adage coined by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 for his play Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy.
2007-05-19 03:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by stealth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the shield is mightier than the sword
2007-05-19 03:36:38 · answer #5 · answered by ...Shane? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The tongue is mighter than the sword" is a biblical quote.
"The Pen is mighter than the Sword" is William Shakespheare.
2007-05-19 05:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by soeur_deux_de_ny2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cloth
2007-05-19 03:36:59 · answer #7 · answered by nutz6ville 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pen.this is a famous saying.you can fill tte blank with this word without any delay.trust me.
2007-05-19 04:10:07 · answer #8 · answered by sameen_sohail2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the enemy is mightier than the sword.
2007-05-19 06:25:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
pen
2007-05-19 03:36:53 · answer #10 · answered by Bridgeridoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋