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 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.] 
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up read more
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
 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. 
 So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse
 Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,
  Yet gives not o'er read more 
 So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse
 Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,
  Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success.