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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 Plutarch Found in: Perseverance Quotes,
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It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against
another man's oration,--nay, it is a very read more

It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against
another man's oration,--nay, it is a very easy matter; but to
produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.

by Plutarch Found in: Oratory Quotes,
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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.]

by Plutarch Found in: Perseverance Quotes,
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What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with
Lucullus?

What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with
Lucullus?

by Plutarch Found in: Eating Quotes,
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God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.

God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.

by Plutarch Found in: God Quotes,
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