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