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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
It's only a holy grail as long as you don't find it.
It's only a holy grail as long as you don't find it.
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
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.
Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is read more
Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
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.
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.
Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honor bright; to have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, read more
Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honor bright; to have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mock'ry.
