The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
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.
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.
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 man.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
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.
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.
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.
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
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