Famous quotes containing the words hinge and/or pin:
“Running water is never stagnant, nor does a door hinge ever get worm-eaten.”
—Chinese proverb.
“A man is a beggar who only lives to the useful, and, however he may serve as a pin or rivet in the social machine, cannot be said to have arrived at self-possession.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)