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CONSTANT dropping wears away a stone
Primarily used to mean that persistence will achieve a difficult or unlikely objective (but see also quots. 1874 and 1912).
Continual
frequently occurs instead of
constant
in the US. Cf. CHOERILUS OF SAMOS
Fragments
x. (Kinkel)
o
í
Continual
frequently occurs instead of
constant
in the US. Cf. CHOERILUS OF SAMOS
Fragments
x. (Kinkel)
oíOther books
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