edward george earle lytton bulwer-lytton first said a phrase similar to the power of the pen is mightier than the sword.
edward george earle lytton bulwer-lytton first said a phrase similar to the power of the pen is mightier than the sword.
who first said a phrase similar the power of the pen is mightier than the sword?
edward george earle lytton bulwer-lytton
the saying quickly gained currency, says susan ratcliffe, associate editor of the oxford quotations dictionaries. "by the 1840s it was a commonplace."









































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assyrian sage ahiqar, who reputedly lived during the early 7th century bc, coined the first known version of this phrase. one copy of the teachings of ahiqar, dating to about 500 bc, states, "the word is mightier than the sword."









































according to the website trivia-library.com, the book "the people's almanac" by irving wallace and david wallechinsky lists several supposed predecessors to bulwer's phrasing.
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augusto farias is a brazilian politician from the state of alagoas. he is a brother of the murdered businessman paulo cesar farias, who was the campaign treasurer of brazilian president fernando collor de mello. pc farias was murdered in june 1996.









































on november 18, 1999, augusto farias was formally charged with being a co-conspirator in the murder of his brother. the charges were filed by prosecutors who gathered new evidence in the third investigation into the murders. the first two inquiries ruled that pc farias was the victim of a murder-suicide.









































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