The peacock's plumage is its enemy: O many the king who hath been slain by his magnificence!
Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad BalkhiTo Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.
Charles Godfrey LelandThinking back on the outing to the theatre, she added, ‘I want a man, not a preening peacock!
In Her Dreams