Level 4 Weapon quest issue....

[Nidsrule]

So, I'm trying to make a combat knife. I've spoken to the NPC in niff and have gone back to the NPC in alde, to collect the phrase. I copied down said phrase and tried to enter in into the niff NPC, however it won't accept it as the right phrase. I've checked the punctuation and spelling multiple times and no matter what I do it wont work.

The NPC in question is Waltboughst (Niff - 331, 71).

The phrase I as given to enter was "all the successful men in the history tried their best!".

Has anyone else run into a problem like this? Am I overlooking something, or is the script bugged?