*"The pen is mightier than the sword" -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, author of the historical play Cardinal Richelieu (1839) (the phrase is spoken by the Cardinal)<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30729480#:~:text=The%20English%20words%20%22The%20pen,his%20historical%20play%20Cardinal%20Richelieu.</ref> | *"The pen is mightier than the sword" -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, author of the historical play Cardinal Richelieu (1839) (the phrase is spoken by the Cardinal)<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30729480#:~:text=The%20English%20words%20%22The%20pen,his%20historical%20play%20Cardinal%20Richelieu.</ref> |