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.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Life of Sertorius
cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when
taken little by little.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Life of Sertorius
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