The pen is mightier than the sword.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Topic

Power of literature

Speaker

Cardinal Richelieu

Author

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Source

Richelieu

Medium

Play

Genre

History play

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1839 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Politician Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy. 7 Mar. 1839, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 2.

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I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation.

William Lloyd Garrison

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Topic
Moderation

Author

William Lloyd Garrison
Source
To the Public The Liberator
Medium
Essay Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1831 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Garrison, William Lloyd. "To the Public." The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831.

Another quote about Power of literature

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Franz Kafka

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Topic
Self-discovery Power of literature Books

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
Letters of Franz Kafka
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

Current Citation

Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Schocken, 1990.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

John A. Shedd

Salt from My Attic

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Topic
Taking risks

Author

John A. Shedd
Source
Salt from My Attic
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1928 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Shedd, John A. Salt from My Attic. Mosher Press, 1928.