A dog starved at his master’s gate / Predicts the ruin of the state.
—William Blake, 1807Quotes
How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.
—Cicero, 45 BCBe a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1911Imitate the ass in his love to his master.
—St. John Chrysostom, c. 388It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.
—Charles Darwin, 1871Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCWho sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.
—John Florio, 1578Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
—Alexander Pope, 1709A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.
—Ben Jonson, 1633I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.
—Henry Luttrell, 1820Keep running after a dog, and he will never bite you.
—François Rabelais, 1535If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
—Voltaire, 1769