Plutarch Quotes About Dogs

Quotes about: Dogs

• A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service.

  Plutarch

  Thankful, Dog, Horse

  "Plutarch's Lives".

• Thrasyllus the Cynic begged a drachm of Antigonus. "That," said he, "is too little for a king to give." "Why, then," said the other, "give me a talent." "And that," said he, "is too much for a Cynic (or, for a dog) to receive."

  Plutarch

  Dog, Kings, Giving

  "Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders". 45 Antigonus I. "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th edition", 1919.

• Alcibiades had a very handsome dog, that cost him seven thousand drachmas; and he cut off his tail, "that," said he, "the Athenians may have this story to tell of me, and may concern themselves no further with me.

  Plutarch

  Dog, Cutting, Tails

  Plutarch (1871). “Plutarch's Morals”, p.211

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