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Quotes › Authors › G › George Herbert › When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you a
  • When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

    George Herbert: When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.
    George Herbert
    George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.332
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