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The steady drip of water causes stone to hollow and yield.

— Lucretius

Stilicidi casus lapidem cavat.

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Compare: "The soft droppes of rain pierce the hard marble; many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks", John Lyly, Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), p. 81

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Continual dropping wears away a stone.

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