James Russell Lowell Quotes | And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridg...

"And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl."

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For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.

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You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.

— Publilius Syrus

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