the pen is mightier than the sword
...that the pen is mightier than the sword, an adage coined in 1839 by Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a play about Cardinal Richelieu, had numerous historical predecessors?
...that <b id="mwBtY"><a href="./The_pen_is_mightier_than_the_sword" id="mwBtc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The pen is mightier than the sword">the pen is mightier than the sword</a></b>, an <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Adage" id="mwBtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Adage">adage</a> coined in <a href="./1839" id="mwBtk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1839">1839</a> by <a href="./Edward_Bulwer-Lytton" id="mwBto" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Edward Bulwer-Lytton">Edward Bulwer-Lytton</a> for a play about <a href="./Cardinal_Richelieu" id="mwBts" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cardinal Richelieu">Cardinal Richelieu</a>, had numerous historical predecessors?