Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857Quotes
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, 1651Keep running after a dog, and he will never bite you.
—François Rabelais, 1535Alas! We are ridiculous animals.
—Horace Walpole, 1777Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658Man is merely a more perfect animal than the rest. He reasons better.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1816Man is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.
—Plato, c. 349 BCMan is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 500 BCWho hears the fishes when they cry?
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
—Winston Churchill, 1945Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
—Alexander Pope, 1709I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.
—Henry Luttrell, 1820