Evolution Quote by Ovid

“The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.”

— Publius Ovidius Naso

"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Dripping water carves a stone.)

— Ovid

A falling drop at last will carve a stone.

— Lucretius

The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling.

— Plutarch

Persistence a drop of water hollows out the stone

— Anonymous

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

— Lucretius

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

— Lucretius

The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

— Hugh Latimer

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

— Lucretius

Continual dropping wears away a stone.

— Anonymous

The stone that is thrown into the air is none the worse for falling down, and none the better for going up.

— Marcus Aurelius

Constant dropping wears away stones

— Benjamin Franklin