Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
—Alexander Pope, 1709Quotes
Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCWhen the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
—Winston Churchill, 1945Animals are good to think with.
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1962Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.
—John Florio, 1578Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it.
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1821I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.
—Henry Luttrell, 1820If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981Alas! We are ridiculous animals.
—Horace Walpole, 1777How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.
—Cicero, 45 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, 1759Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture, to us, and a mirror.
—Alain de Lille, c. 1200