There 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, 1651Quotes
Man is no man, but a wolf, to a stranger.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCIf you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981A 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. 64Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture, to us, and a mirror.
—Alain de Lille, c. 1200An ape will be an ape, though clad in purple.
—Erasmus, 1511Do you not see how God is praised by those in the heavens and those on earth? The very birds praised Him as they wing their way.
—The Qur’an, c. 620It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.
—Charles Darwin, 1871Happiness is a warm puppy.
—Charles Schulz, 1971A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.
—Ben Jonson, 1633Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
—William Hazlitt, 1819Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses.
—Gnomologia, 1732A dog starved at his master’s gate / Predicts the ruin of the state.
—William Blake, 1807