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“To one that promised to give him hardy cocks that would die fighting, "Prithee," said Cleomenes, "give me cocks that will kill fighting."”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- abe5fbffebfd495c02f13849701ab3c693cf9cff025986798b616e8fe1fb06fa
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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