“In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer...”
“It is always the anvil that breaks the hammer, never the other way about.”
“Suffer or triumph, be the hammer or the anvil.”
“I would rather be the hammer than the anvil”
“You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.”
“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.”