Inch/Cinch, Yard/Hard (1947); Lie can go around world... (1854)

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INCH BY INCH, LIFE'S A CINCH; YARD BY YARD, LIFE IS HARD

   Gregory Titelman's first citation for this is 1992.


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Nevada State Journal - 10/14/1960
...guide on the wall: "YARD BY YARD Life HARD. INCH BY INCH It's A CINCH Robert Lehman, the.....from Georqe Solari on the kickoff. on the 3-YARD line, ami raced 97 YARDs lo the TD.....press my lips around his mouth and blow HARD. D. T.: Say. that chest really rises.....j mouth and nose. D. T.: And then you blow HARD? M. D.: No, gently Babies need only..
Reno, Nevada   Friday, October 14, 1960  630 k

Lima News - 5/27/1963
...HOMES INC. iTIt CROFT'S REMIND YOU LIFE IS HARD BY THE YARD BY THE inch It'sV cinch.....area's finest furniture stores resulted. THE store increased in size and scope with.....ThIS finely Yellow Directory EACH WEEK, tot THE Latest That Sipply THE Best Sales Alt I.....bnd parcel of Wierwille service throughout THE years. THE quality reupholstering and..
Lima, Ohio   Monday, May 27, 1963  525 k

Times - 3/20/1969
...Hammond. Women Present Lesson "BY THE YARD, LIFE IS HARD. BY THE inch, it's a was a.....were followed BY a general dIScussion BY THE members. Mrs. Hugh BISbee, President of.....and uncomfortable and THE moTHEr cancelled THE plans she and her husband had for THE.....philosophy for women offered BY Mrs. LouIS Mysse and Mrs. William Guse to..
Hammond, Indiana   Thursday, March 20, 1969  936 k

Lima News - 5/20/1963
...Monograming if CROFT'S REMIND YOU LIFE IS HARD BY THE YARD BY THE inch It's a cinch.....day living not just a status-symbol for THE few. Yes, Jim IS a young, old-timer in.....in past days. He has earned that respect BY doing all Jobs well and at a reasonable.....HOMES We need used models so we're giving THE Biggest Trade-In Allowances Ever Now IS..
Lima, Ohio   Monday, May 20, 1963  528 k


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   Stretch Your Way To Slimness
By Ida Jean Kain. The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Sep 12, 1947. p. C3 (1 page):
   There's a little jingle that goes: By the yard, life is hard, by the inch, it's a cinch.

   Inching Along Is Best Way to Diet
By Ida Jean Kain. The Washington Post and Times Herald (1954-1959). Washington, D.C.: Apr 23, 1954. p. 61 (1 page):
   THERE'S A BIT of verse that goes: "By the yard, life is hard.  By the inch, it's a cinch."

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A LIE CAN GO AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK WHILE THE TRUTH IS LACING UP ITS BOOTS

   Titelman has this from 1859, but it's indicated at that time as an "old proverb."


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Republican Compiler - 5/29/1854
...seven leagues while TRUTH is putting her BOOTS ON, "and the Democratic party has found.....United States and the British Provinces, LIE cuiux) out by the previous steamer. THIS.....many verificatiONs of this TRUTH in tho telegraphic reports of the.....asif to survey, when the baitories shots-. ON her and not' ON the truce, boat. ON the 2d..
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania   Monday, May 29, 1854  1097 k


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
The Power of the Affirmative.
Scribner's Monthly (1870-1881). New York: Nov 1872. Vol. VOL. V, Iss. No. 1.; p. 118 (2 pages)
First page:  It is not necessary for truth to worry itself, even if a lie can run a league while it is putting on its boots.