Happiness is a warm puppy.
—Charles Schulz, 1971Quotes
Of all the creatures that breathe and creep on the surface of the earth, none is more to be pitied than man.
—Homer, c. 750 BCMan is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.
—Plato, c. 349 BCThere are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.
—Increase Mather, 1684When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
—Winston Churchill, 1945Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 500 BCIn every man is a wild beast; most of them don’t know how to hold it back, and the majority give it full rein when they are not restrained by terror of law.
—Frederick the Great, 1759An ape will be an ape, though clad in purple.
—Erasmus, 1511Imitate the ass in his love to his master.
—St. John Chrysostom, c. 388Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658Who hears the fishes when they cry?
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
—Alexander Pope, 1709