Why writers write I do not know. As well ask why a hen lays an egg or why a cow stands patiently… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“The codfish lays ten thousand eggs. The homely hen lays one. Codfish never cackles to tell you what she has done. And… — Nikhil Sharda Copy Share Image
“Higgledy piggledy, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen. Gentlemen come every day To count what my black hen doth lay.… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
