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title: "6 Hen Lays Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Why writers write I do not know. As well ask why a hen lays an egg or why a cow stands patiently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/why-writers-write-i-do-not-know-as-well-ask-why-a-hen-lays-an-egg-or/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/it-may-be-the-cock-that-crows-but-it-is-the-hen-that-lays-the-eggs/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [“The hen that lays the most eggs deserves the most food.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/the-hen-that-lays-the-most-eggs-deserves-the-most-food/)

[Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/)

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> [“The codfish lays ten thousand eggs. The homely hen lays one. Codfish never cackles to tell you what she has done. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikhil-sharda/the-codfish-lays-ten-thousand-eggs-the-homely-hen-lays-one-codfish/)

[Nikhil Sharda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikhil-sharda/)

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> [“Higgledy piggledy, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen. Gentlemen come every day To count what my black hen doth lay.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/higgledy-piggledy-my-black-hen-she-lays-eggs-for-gentlemen-gentlemen/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

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> [Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/do-not-give-as-many-rich-men-do-like-a-hen-that-lays-her-eggs-and/)

[Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/)

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