“If you should put even a little on a little, and should do this often, soon this too would become big.”

— Hesiod, book Works and Days

Variant translation: If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become great.
Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 361.

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Εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο.

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