Lost Dog Quotes

• What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

  Helen Keller

  Love, Sympathy, Death

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog

  Konrad Lorenz

  Friendship, Dog, Broken

  Konrad Lorenz (2003). “King Solomon's Ring”, p.111, Routledge

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• Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.

  Thornton Wilder

  Love, Heartbreak, Dog

  Thornton Wilder (2009). “The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Other Novels, 1926-1948”

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  Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

  George Eliot

  Motivational, Spiritual, Dog

  George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.226, 谷月社

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• The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.

  James Thurber

  Dog, Successful, Animal

  James Thurber (1955). “Thurber's Dog's: A Collection of the Master's Dogs”

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• Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

  Emily Dickinson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• No man can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned by a dog.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Men, Pet Loss

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• 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?

  Walter Scott

  Dog, Short Life, Loss

  Sir Walter Scott (1833). “The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations”

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  If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Inspiring, Dog, Silly

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• Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

  Alexander Pope

  Loyalty, Dog, Silly

  Alexander Pope (1737). “Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope: And Several of His Friends”, p.53

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  The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

  Andy Rooney

  Inspirational, Funny, Dog

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• I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

  John Steinbeck

  Dog, Eye, Thinking

  John Steinbeck (2012). “The Portable Steinbeck”, p.42, Penguin

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  I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.

  Will Rogers

  Dog, Nature, Animal

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

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• If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

  James Thurber

  Dog, Nature, Animal

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• There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

  Bernard Williams

  Happiness, Dog, Nature

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• No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

  Christopher Morley

  Dog, Appreciation, Silly

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  Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Cute, God

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.9262, Delphi Classics

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• A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

  Josh Billings

  Love, Friendship, Dog

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• 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.

  Milan Kundera

  Letting Go, Dog, Stress

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

  Milan Kundera

  Jealousy, Dog, Evil

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

  Aldous Huxley

  Dog, Animal, Men

  Readers Digest, 1934.

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• A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

  Robert Benchley

  Dog, Perseverance, Lying

  Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited

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• Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs.

  Martha Scott

  Funny, Dog, Mistake

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• 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.

  Samuel Butler

  Dog, Humorous, Animal

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

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• Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

  Anatole France

  Love, Inspiring, Dog

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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