“My pen in this, my sword in that hand hold.”
Luís de Camões (1524–1580) Portuguese poet
Numa mão sempre a espada, e noutra a pena.
Stanza 79, line 8 (tr. Richard Fanshawe)
Epic poetry, Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto VII
“With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.”
E 76
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook E (1775 - 1776)
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