A Quote by Ovid

Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. (The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.)

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Ovid
Roman - Poet
43 BC - 17 AD

"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Dripping water carves a stone.)

Ovid

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Lucretius

A falling drop at last will carve a stone.

Lucretius

The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling.

Plutarch

You can use any editor you want, but remember that vi vi vi is the text editor of the beast.

Richard Stallman

Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.

Anthony Trollope

Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].

Publilius Syrus

The tyranny of mankind; it was like the obstinate drip of water falling on a stone and hollowing it little by little; and this drip continued, falling obstinately, falling without pause on the souls of the children.

Halldor Laxness

The wild boar is often held by a small dog. [Lat., A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.]

Ovid

A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]

Quintus Curtius Rufus

It is often a comfort in misfortune to know our own fate. [Lat., Saepe calamitas solatium est nosse sortem suam.]

Quintus Curtius Rufus

We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]

Tacitus

The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.

Edward Fitzgerald

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

Marcus Tullius Cicero

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.

Richard Stallman

Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]

Horace

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