“It is always the anvil that breaks the hammer, never the other way about.”
“In real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer...”
“Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.”
“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.”