"In this world a man must either be…" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer."
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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438 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has 438 quotes on this site.
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The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart.
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Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a…
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When one is truly in love, one not only says it, but shows it.
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There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of…
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Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images,…
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The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.
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Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay.
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All was silent as before - All silent save the dripping rain.
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Learn to labour and to wait.
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Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!
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Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
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There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. And next to love the sweetest thing is hate.
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More Anvil Quotes
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one of 57 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
— Aeschylus
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You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Use truth as your anvil, nonviolence as your hammer and anything that does not stand the test when it is…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style…
— Steve Rushin
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Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into…
— Anne Bradstreet
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One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
— Emile Zola
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We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!
— Charles Schumer
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Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame.
— Billy Casper
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As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in the fire of suffering and under the weight…
— Madeleine Sophie Barat
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Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.
— Claude Adrien Helvetius
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Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an…
— J. G. Holland
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