πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
folly: P. and V. ἄνοια, ἡ, μωρία, ἡ, P. εὐήθεια, ἡ, V. εὐηθία, ἡ.
ridiculousness: Ar. and P. ἀτοπία, ἡ.
it is the height of absurdity: P. ἔστι πολλὴ ἀλογία.
