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An illustration of Cardinal Richelieu holding a sword, by H. A. Ogden, 1892, from The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton "The pen is mightier than the sword" is an expression indicating that the written word is more effective than violence as a means of social or political change. This sentiment has been expressed with metaphorical contrasts of ...
Bulwer-Lytton's most famous quotation is "The pen is mightier than the sword" from his play Richelieu: beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword He popularized the phrase "pursuit of the almighty dollar " from his novel The Coming Race , [ 43 ] and he is credited with " the great unwashed ", using this ...
The play has become best known for its line "The pen is mightier than the sword", spoken by the Cardinal in Act II, Scene II. [3] Adaptation.
Not So Bad as We Seem, Or, Many Sides to a Character: A Comedy in Five Acts, was a play written by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1851, and performed the same year as a charity event to benefit the Literary Guild, a society for struggling authors.
Introducing 'the lady in blue', and the first woman to carry the sword of state
The pen is mightier than the sword; The pot calling the kettle black; The proof of the pudding is in the eating; The rich get richer and the poor get poorer; The road to Hell is paved with good intentions; The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot; The squeaky wheel gets the grease; The streets are paved with gold
The pen is mightier than the sword: camera obscura: dark chamber: An optical device used in drawing, and an ancestor of modern photography. The source of the word camera. Cane Nero magna bella Persica: Tell, oh Nero, of the great wars of Persia
Rice accused Bulwer-Lytton of writing "27 novels whose perfervid turgidity I intend to expose, denude, and generally make visible." Lytton Cobbold defended his ancestor, noting that he had coined many other phrases widely used today such as "the pen is mightier than the sword", "the great unwashed", and "the almighty dollar". He said that it ...