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Advice, Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), Richelieu (1839) Act ii, Scene ii. This is the origin of the much quoted phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword". Compare: "Hinc quam sic calamus sævior ense, patet. The pen worse than the sword", Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 4, Subsect. 4. 펜은 칼보다 강하다 - 에드워드 리튼 (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1803~1873) 영국의 소설가이자 정치가

War, Greek Proverb

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The sword knows no friends. - Greek Proverb 칼은 친구를 모른다. - 그리스 속담

Sword, Terry Pratchett

The pen is mightier than the sword ... if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp. - Terry Pratchett, in his Discworld novel The Light Fantastic (1986) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sword

War, Napoleon Bonaparte

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit. - Napoleon Bonaparte 세계엔 칼과 정신이라는 2개의 힘 밖에 없다. 그리고 반드시 칼은 정신에게 패배한다. - 나폴레옹 보나파트

Sword, William Blake

A tear is an intellectual thing, And a sigh is the Sword of an Angel King. - William Blake, "The Agony of Faith" http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sword