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All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport - in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy.
Sep 29, 2025
Dogs love company. They place it first on their short list of needs.
Every dog has it's day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weakend.
Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.
Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.
The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs.
A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.
From the dog's point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.
If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.
Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.
Everything we do is escapism, because we'll all be dead and everything we do is completely meaningless. Why brush your teeth? Why not be in the park with the bums passing a short dog? Why pay taxes, why get educated? Of course literature is an escape. You have to fill the hours.
Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.
Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.
The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
Time spent with cats is never wasted.
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.
Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.
To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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