2142. Robert Burton. 1577-1640. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	2142
AUTHOR:	Robert Burton (1577–1640)
QUOTATION:	Hinc quam sic calamus sævior ense, patet. The pen worse than the sword. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 4, Subsect. 4.

Note 1.
Tant la plume a eu sous le roi d’avantage sur l’épée (So far had the pen under the king the superiority over the sword).—Saint Simon: Mémoires, vol. iii. p. 517 (1702), ed. 1856.

The pen is mightier than the sword.—Edward Bulwer Lytton: Richelieu, act ii. sc. 2. [back]

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