The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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.
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.
Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this. dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
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.
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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.
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained in the dog.
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll on a dead fish.
We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.
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