A bull contents himself with one meadow, and one forest is enough for a thousand elephants; but the little body of a man devours more than all other living creatures.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 64Quotes
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men, but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
—Joseph Addison, 1711How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.
—Cicero, 45 BCHappiness is a warm puppy.
—Charles Schulz, 1971Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658There be beasts that, at a year old, observe more, and pursue that which is for their good more prudently, than a child can do at ten.
—Thomas Hobbes, 1651Man and animals are really the conduit of food, the sepulcher of animals, and resting place of the dead, one causing the death of the other, making themselves the covering for the corruption of other dead bodies.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500Men, my dear, are very queer animals—a mixture of horse nervousness, ass stubbornness, and camel malice.
—T. H. Huxley, 1895When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
—Winston Churchill, 1945Man is merely a more perfect animal than the rest. He reasons better.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1816Man is no man, but a wolf, to a stranger.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCImitate the ass in his love to his master.
—St. John Chrysostom, c. 388Animals are good to think with.
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1962