Meaning of little strokes fell great oaks | Babel Free

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Small but persistent efforts can lead to big results.

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““Little strokes fell great oaks,” says the steady worker. “One stroke fells not an oak,” makes a piece of advice to the impetuous. In danger the insignificant may console themselves with the reflection that “Oaks may fall and reeds brave the storm.”

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