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How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.

—Cicero, 45 BC

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

—Samuel Butler, c. 1890

The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

—Book of Proverbs, c. 500 BC

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

—D.H. Lawrence, 1911

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, 1651

Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

—George Eliot, 1857

I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.

—Henry Luttrell, 1820

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

—Alexander Pope, 1709

A dog starved at his master’s gate / Predicts the ruin of the state.

—William Blake, 1807

Man is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.

—Plato, c. 349 BC

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

—Winston Churchill, 1945

Happiness is a warm puppy.

—Charles Schulz, 1971

There 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, 1684