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Saying: The pen is mightier than the sword
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
When will we ever learn that the pen is mightier than the sword?
Humans are a violent race of beings. There’s no doubt about it.
We have been fighting and killing each other for millennia, though writings and thoughts have had a larger and longer-lasting influence on people than violence and force ever have.
The Greek and Roman empires were almost continually battling with their enemies and even fought three wars between themselves.
There was much bloodshed, but their historical writings and teachings have had the most influence on Western society.
Today, the evidence is seen in the laws we create, the language we speak, and even the gestures we use.
Murder has been around since the dawn of time.
Countless murderers have committed innumerable murders.
Yet the pen is mightier than the sword, and it is the authors and poets whose names are immortalized in their writings.
Their works have influenced countless individuals and generations of thinkers, whereas a murderer’s heinous acts impact only the generations living and, more often than not, are forgotten when they die.
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The influence of an author’s thoughts never truly vanishes until all their written words are erased from the world.
This seldom happens.
I believe this is why most great generals, leaders and thinkers have written at least one book.
They know their actions, be they violent or not, will not withstand the test of time unless the pen immortalizes them.
The pen is mightier than the sword because wounds heal, grudges fade, and pain is forgotten.
The influence of the written word lasts forever.
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