As I was reading this post by Don Surber, I came across this oft-repeated nostrum:
The pen is mightier than the sword.
By Edward Bulwer-Lyton (more).
You know the other quote Edward Bulwer-Lyton is known for?
It was a dark and stormy night.
(more.)
The latter has spawned annual writing contest.
One wonders if there should be a similar floridly written fiction contest for journalists who think that their keyboards would best an actual tyrant’s sword, guns, or Polonium, or if perhaps those in the trade who quote the first Bulwer-Lyton confuse their own egos with “the pen.”
(Link via Instapundit.)
