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Your general point is sound, but your quotes aren't contradictory.

Actions vs words = talk vs doing something. Whereas the pen is the written word, which has great power especially over history.

Many hands improve work, but how many hands do you need on a broth? Further, a cook is the one who directs, whereas hands have no such connotation.




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