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  2. The pen is mightier than the sword - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The play was about Cardinal Richelieu, though in the author's words "license with dates and details ... has been, though not unsparingly, indulged". [1] The Cardinal's line in Act II, scene II, was more fully: [3] True,—This! Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold

  3. A picture is worth a thousand words - Wikipedia

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    "A picture is worth a thousand words" is an adage in multiple languages meaning that complex and sometimes multiple ideas [1] can be conveyed by a single still image, which conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than a mere verbal description.

  4. Picture superiority effect - Wikipedia

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    Allan Paivio's dual-coding theory is a basis of picture superiority effect. Paivio claims that pictures have advantages over words with regards to coding and retrieval of stored memory because pictures are coded more easily and can be retrieved from symbolic mode, while the dual coding process using words is more difficult for both coding and retrieval.

  5. Remembering Toni Morrison through her most powerful words - AOL

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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... Remembering Toni Morrison through her most powerful words. Elisabeth Edokwe. Updated August 6, 2019 at 4:57 PM.

  6. The most powerful words of wisdom from women leaders in 2023

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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... The most powerful words of wisdom from women leaders in 2023. Emma Hinchliffe, Joseph Abrams. December 22, 2023 at 6:05 AM.

  7. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Absolute power corrupts absolutely (John Dalberg-Acton, 1887) [6] Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families) Actions speak louder than words; Adversity makes strange bedfellows; All good things come to him who waits; All good things must come to an end; All hands on deck/to the pump; All is grist that comes to the mill

  8. Power (social and political) - Wikipedia

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    These actions may reinforce the powerful person's dependence on power. In addition, the more powerful person has the prerogative to manage both verbal and nonverbal interactions. They can initiate conversations, change topics, interrupt others, initiate touch, and end discussions more easily than less powerful people. (See expressions of ...

  9. Great Expectations - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Ricks adds that Pip's frankness induces empathy, dramatics are avoided, [109] and his good actions are more eloquent than words. Dickens's subtle narrative technique is also shown when he has Pip confess that he arranged Herbert's partnership with Clarriker, has Miss Havisham finally see the true character of her cousin Matthew ...