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Great oaks from little acorns grow. [(ME) As an ook cometh of a litel spyr.] - Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343 - 1400): Troilus and Criseyde
/ Mighty [Tall] oaks from tiny acorns grow.
/ (Great things may come from small beginnings.)
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樫の大木も始まりは小さなどんぐり。 - ジェフリー・チョーサー (1343頃 - 1400): 『トロイラスとクリセイデ』
/ (小さなことから偉業となり得る)
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