Sidney Lanier
04-19-2008, 12:56 PM
"The greatest 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." --SAMUEL BUTLER
"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends." --ALEXANDER POPE
"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." --ANDREW A. ROONEY
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." --MARK TWAIN
"The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man ha frequently dragged the dog down to his." --JAMES THURBER
"To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to men, not to other dogs." --KARL KRAUS
"Has he bit any of the children yet? If he has, have them shot, and keep him for curiosity, to see if it was the hydrophobia." --CHARLES LAMB
"To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." --ALDOUS HUXLEY
"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends." --ALEXANDER POPE
"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." --ANDREW A. ROONEY
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." --MARK TWAIN
"The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man ha frequently dragged the dog down to his." --JAMES THURBER
"To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to men, not to other dogs." --KARL KRAUS
"Has he bit any of the children yet? If he has, have them shot, and keep him for curiosity, to see if it was the hydrophobia." --CHARLES LAMB
"To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." --ALDOUS HUXLEY