In my opinion, a pen is better than sward. It implies the power of the pen is enormous, even more than as sward, all people know that a sward is a weapon with a sharp edge while the pen is writing instrument with no edge, however, the power of the pen is extremely greater than a sword.
"The pen is better than the sword" this is to say that the act of writing can have a stronger impact on people than the act of violence and not can devalue the power of small things such as a pen. it can at the time have a stronger impact than the biggest things. The most famous proved celebrates the power of pen and writing and indicates that writers are powerful than warriors.
The elephant hundred times strong and power than a human being, however even then human rides the elephant. Human makes it do as human likes such as kneel down, stand up, run, carry goods and several feats so that humanity is greater than the elephant because the former possesses wisdom and intelligence.
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