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From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam read more

From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus saevior euse, patet.]

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Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

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Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]

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Call a spade a spade.

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A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

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