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Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are.
Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are.
 But Hercules himself must yield to odds;
 And many strokes, though with a little axe,
  Hews down read more 
 But Hercules himself must yield to odds;
 And many strokes, though with a little axe,
  Hews down and fells the hardest-timbered oak. 
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
 The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant 
falling.
 [Lat., Gutta cavat lapidem non read more 
 The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant 
falling.
 [Lat., Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo.] 
 The soft droppes of raine perce the hard Marble, many strokes 
overthrow the tallest Oke.  
 The soft droppes of raine perce the hard Marble, many strokes 
overthrow the tallest Oke. 
 The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which 
grow out of the dust of the earth; read more 
 The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which 
grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope 
of man. 
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a read more
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.