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Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.

William Shakespeare
Time, Down And, Littles
1592 Messenger to Richard telling of his fatherYork's death. HenryVI PartThree, act 2, sc.1, l.54-5.
Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.