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> [“The man who said the pen was mightier than the sword ought to have tried reading "The Mill on the Floss" to Motor Mechanics.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/the-man-who-said-the-pen-was-mightier-than-the-sword-ought-to-have/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

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## More by Tom Sharpe

> [“The man who said the pen was mightier than the sword ought to have tried reading "The Mill on the Floss" to Motor Mechanics.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/the-man-who-said-the-pen-was-mightier-than-the-sword-ought-to-have/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

> [I have yet to met a liberal who can withstand the attrition of prolonged discussion of the unessentials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/i-have-yet-to-met-a-liberal-who-can-withstand-the-attrition-of/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

> [“The number of choirboys indecently assaulted annually by vicars and churchwardens may lead you to suppose that England is a deeply religious country. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/the-number-of-choirboys-indecently-assaulted-annually-by-vicars-and/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

> [All is fair in love, war and tax evasion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/all-is-fair-in-love-war-and-tax-evasion/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

> [If a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/if-a-little-knowledge-was-a-dangerous-thing-a-lot-was-lethal/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

> [There's nothing worse than an introspective drunk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/there-s-nothing-worse-than-an-introspective-drunk/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

> [“Do go on,' he said. 'There's nothing I enjoy more than listening to a highly trained intelligence leapfrogging common sense and coming to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/do-go-on-he-said-there-s-nothing-i-enjoy-more-than-listening-to-a/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

> [I don't want to hear what the price of meat is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/i-don-t-want-to-hear-what-the-price-of-meat-is/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

> [“Eva Wilt got to her feet and stood with the rain running down her face and as she stood there the illusions that had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/eva-wilt-got-to-her-feet-and-stood-with-the-rain-running-down-her/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

> [We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, we must strike it until it is hot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-sharpe/we-must-not-only-strike-the-iron-while-it-is-hot-we-must-strike-it/)

[Tom Sharpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-sharpe/)

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