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«Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh»

Author: Burmese Proverb | Keywords: emulate, emulates, emulating, peacocks, Sparrows, The Sparrow, thigh, thighs

«The Italians have voices like peacocks - German gives me a cold in the head - and Russian is nothing but sneezing»

Author: Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton | About: Civilization, Community | Keywords: German, in the head, Italians, peacocks, sneezing

«Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? / Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? / Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? / Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? / Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? / Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, / And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.»

Author: Bible | Keywords: abide, abide by, band, barn, barns, bring home, crib, crush, feathers, furrow, furrowed, furrows, goodly, harrow, harrowed, harrowing, harrows, labour, left wing, ostrich, peacocks, The Harrow, The Ostrich, The Unicorns, The Wild, unicorn, unicorns, valleys, wilt

«The Italians are fond of red clothes, peacock plumes, and embroidery; and I remember one rainy morning in the city of Palermo, the street was ablaze with scarlet umbrellas»

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | Keywords: ablaze, embroidery, In the City, Italians, Palermo, peacock, peacocks, plume, plumed, plumes, rainy, scarlet, umbrellas

«The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.»

Author: William Blake (Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet) | About: God, Pride | Keywords: peacock, peacocks

«The pride of the peacock is the glory of God./ The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. / The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. / The nakedness of woman is the work of God.»

Author: William Blake (Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet) | Keywords: bounties, bounty, goat, lust, nakedness, peacock, peacocks, The Bounty, The Goat, wrath

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