Pen Quotes ( 10 - 18 of 18 )
Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world.
[Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]
Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world.
[Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]
The pen became a clarion.
The pen became a clarion.
The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun:
Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.
The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun:
Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.
The sacred Dove a quill did lend
From her high-soaring wing.
The sacred Dove a quill did lend
From her high-soaring wing.
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do,
the practise of a fair and read more
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do,
the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no
immaterial accomplishment.
[Lat., Non sest aliena res, quae fere ab honestis negligi solet,
cura bene ac velociter scribendi.]
Art thou a pen, whose task shall be
To drown in ink
What writers think?
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Art thou a pen, whose task shall be
To drown in ink
What writers think?
Oh, wisely write,
That pages white
Be not the worse for ink and thee.
Whose noble praise
Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel's wing.
Whose noble praise
Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel's wing.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.
