It was late in the day at Waterloo. Wellington had chosen the high ground. For hours, the British withstood wave after wave of attacks. Their orderly and well-disciplined lines did not break. Finally, as the sun was lowering in the sky, Napolean unleashed his vaunted Imperial Guard, but soon thereafter, they would break and run. Wellington then rode up with his sword in the air and said in a cool and nonchalant manner “in for a penny, in for a pound” and lowered his sword; the entire British army gave chase, thus ending the Battle of Waterloo and the Corsican tyrant’s despotic grip on Europe.
Ah, pennies and pounds! The Brits have lots of aphorisms dealing with money.
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