the pen is mightier than the sword

Etymology
This phrasing due to, 1839. The sentiment is traditional, and has many antecedents; see Wikipedia.

Proverb

 * 1)  More influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.
 * 2) * 2011, Qazi Nasir Uddin, Ph.D., The Other Side, Author House (ISBN 9781452079509), page 108:
 * If my teachers had not told me that the pen is mightier than the sword, if my parents had not told me that I have to respect books, I would not have developed that respect for knowledge.
 * If my teachers had not told me that the pen is mightier than the sword, if my parents had not told me that I have to respect books, I would not have developed that respect for knowledge.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Burmese: ဓားသွားထက် ကလောင်သွားထက်
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: pennen er mægtigere end sværdet
 * Esperanto: plumo estas pli potenca ol spado
 * Estonian: sõna vägi on suurem kui sõjavägi
 * Finnish: kynä on miekkaa mahtavampi
 * French:
 * German: die Feder ist mächtiger als die Klinge
 * Greek: η γλώσσα κόκαλα δεν έχει μα κόκαλα τσακίζει
 * Italian: ne uccide più la penna della spada, la penna ferisce più della spada
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: cedant arma togae
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pennen er mektigere enn sverdet
 * Nynorsk: pennen er mektigare enn sverdet
 * Portuguese: a pena é mais forte que a espada, a pena é mais forte do que a espada
 * Russian: что напи́сано перо́м, не вы́рубишь и топоро́м
 * Spanish: la pluma es más poderosa que la espada
 * Swedish: pennan är mäktigare än svärdet
 * Telugu: కత్తి కన్నా కలం మిన్న
 * Thai: ปากกาคมกว่าดาบ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: