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An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
