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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

130 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:130
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:Every cocke is proud on his owne dunghill. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi.
 
Note 1.
Pet coc is kene on his owne mixenne.—Pe Ancren Riwle. Circa 1250. [back]