little strokes fell great oaks

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little strokes fell great oaks

  1. (idiomatic) Small but persistent efforts can lead to big results.
    • 1873, The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, page 685:
      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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