Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer
"Let me think... I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?"
Anvils quotes
Anvils
26 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
George Orwell
Writer, Journalist
"In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer."
Emile Zola
Novelist
"One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil."
Emily Dickinson
Poet
"It is better to be the hammer than the anvil."
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"In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten."
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"Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth."
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"This is what entertainment is all about- idiots, explosives and falling anvils."
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"Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand proudly to it. Metal's worthless till it is shaped and tempered. More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving; and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil."
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