“ He was like the cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself. ”
- Oliver Cromwell- Copy
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“ While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack or the barn door Stoutly struts his dames before. ”
- John Milton- Copy
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“ She understood how much louder a cock can crow in his own farmyard than elsewhere. ”
- Anthony Trollope- Copy
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“ At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below. ”
- Theodosia Garrison- Copy
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“ It comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below. ”
- Theodosia Garrison- Copy
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“ It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. ”
- Margaret Thatcher- Copy
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“ He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ He is a glorified gutter rat from a dying New Jersey town who walks with an easy swagger that is part residual stage presence, part boardwalk braggadocio. ”
- Jay Cocks- Copy
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