Is The Pen Mightier Than The Sword? And Considerably Easy To Write With?

Shy Shansonga
3 min readJan 10, 2022

The Answer Might Surprise You

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In a tragedy, some will take the pen to inscribe the events at the scene while some will partake in the fight.

Readers are stimulated through consciousness created by the pen. The written word is important, a sword is less worthy compared to a pen.

The famous saying “the pen is mightier than the sword” was indicted in 1839 by English Author Edward Bulwer Lytton.

The proverb signifies that writing is a more powerful tool than violence. The author went on to state that “the pen is smaller in size, but it can achieve more things than the sword.”

The power of the sword is temporal while the power of the pen is mighty, and the impact lasts forever. Readers are presented with beliefs and important ideas shaped by the pen.

The art of writing is significant when we compare it to the sword’s sharpness. Authors, writers or scholars exert an impact though invisibly, on people than conflicts do.

An entire nation can be changed by a book, thousands of people can be affected by war. Writing has brought about reconciliation.

Writers stand out more powerful compared to mighty warriors. Through a Writer’s pen transpires great

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Shy Shansonga

Entrepreneur. A curious lady always seeking, to discover; the price for curiosity is not immediately evident.