Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. ― Edward Bulwer-Lytton Most people have never seen Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s famous quote in its entirety. Until I looked it up, I never knew he had qualified the famous second line with a warning about the type of government necessary for it to be true. I looked it up to thrill you, my readers, with some historical trivia before I went on to dazzle you by proving the author wrong. But he isn’t wrong at all.
Pens and Swords
Pens and Swords
Pens and Swords
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. ― Edward Bulwer-Lytton Most people have never seen Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s famous quote in its entirety. Until I looked it up, I never knew he had qualified the famous second line with a warning about the type of government necessary for it to be true. I looked it up to thrill you, my readers, with some historical trivia before I went on to dazzle you by proving the author wrong. But he isn’t wrong at all.