“I had a regular battle with the dunghill-cock.”
Aulularia, Act III, sc. 4, 13; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Aulularia (The Pot of Gold)
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Plautus 54
Roman comic playwright of the Old Latin period -254–-184 BCRelated quotes
“Not at all. If I had lost the battle, they would have shot me.”
Wellington's retort when he was asked if he felt honored at being feted as a hero by the people of Brussels after returning victorious from Waterloo, according to Sir John Keegan's chapter on Wellington in his book The Mask of Command
“Be boastful and be bold, like cock beside his partner.”
Kόμπασον θαρσῶν, ἀλέκτωρ ὥστε θηλείας πέλας.
Source: Oresteia (458 BC), Agamemnon, line 1671 (tr. Anna Swanwick)
“The plans of mice, men and Maureen gang aft a cock-up.”
How Was it For You?
“Crito, Crito, we owe a cock to Aesculapius. Pay it and do not neglect it.”
Ὦ Κρίτων […] τῷ Ἀσκληπιῷ ὀφείλομεν ἀλεκτρυόνα. ἀλλὰ ἀπόδοτε καὶ μὴ ἀμελήσητε.
Phaedo 118a
Plato, Phaedo, Last words
“Crito, Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius. Pay it and do not neglect it.”
Ὦ Κρίτων […] τῷ Ἀσκληπιῷ ὀφείλομεν ἀλεκτρυόνα. ἀλλὰ ἀπόδοτε καὶ μὴ ἀμελήσητε.
Phaedo 118a
Plato, Phaedo, Last words
“Ah cannot we
As well as cocks and lions jocund be,
After such pleasures?”
Farewell to Love, stanza 3
“We have had a tremendous battle over the past 12 months. Sterling is safe. That battle is won.”
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Source: Speech in the House of Commons (30 September 1965), quoted in The Times (1 October 1965), p. 16
“Nose full of fart, mouth full of cock, she never even paused.”
Girl almost beats Tucker at his own game http://www.tuckermax.com/archives/entries/date/girl_almost_beats_tucker_at_his_own_game.phtml#611,
The Tucker Max Stories
“If you had the height, you controlled the battle.”
Mackenzie 2008 p. 39.
Lucas 1981, p. 95.