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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Lao tzu

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Plato

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword.

Edward G. Bulwer lytton

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

Terry Pratchett

The oil can is mightier than the sword.

Senator Everett Dirksen