"little strokes fell great oaks" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1873, The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, page 685:",
          "text": "“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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        "Small but persistent efforts can lead to big results."
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        "(idiomatic) Small but persistent efforts can lead to big results."
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          "word": "mighty oaks from little acorns grow"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "shuǐdīshíchuān",
          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "水滴石穿"
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "mange bække små gør en stor å"
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "jokainen pisara muovaa kiveä"
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          "sense": "proverb",
          "word": "steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein"
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          "word": "lassú víz partot mos"
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          "roman": "ishi no ue nimo sannen",
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          "word": "石の上にも三年"
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          "roman": "suiteki ishi o ugatsu",
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          "word": "水滴石を穿つ"
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          "english": "a drop gnaws the stone",
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          "roman": "káplja kámenʹ tóčit",
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          "word": "ка́пля ка́мень то́чит"
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  "word": "little strokes fell great oaks"
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      "word": "水滴石穿"
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  "word": "little strokes fell great oaks"
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