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Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu, 1839, attributions & variations
Collecting ball-point pens since childhood, Angelika Unverhau of Dinslaken, Germany, has gathered over 220,000 of them from 146 countries. Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! 2006
The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp. Terry Pratchett
Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it. Laurence Sterne
Oh! Nature’s noblest gift – my gray-goose quill!
Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will,
Torn from thy parent-bird to form a pen,
That mighty instrument of little men! Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers l7
Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night III ii 52
Assist me some extemporal god of rime, for I am sure I shall turn sonneteer. Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio. William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost I ii 192
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain. John Keats, 1818
For a writer, going back home means back to the pen, pencil, and typewriter – and the blank, implacable sheet of white paper. Paul Scott, English novelist
From this it is clear how much the pen is worse than the sword. Robert Burton, English clergyman & scholar
My bursting heart must find vent at my pen. Abigail Adams
The pen delivery went amazing. The Office US s9e11: Suit Warehouse, Erin