A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.
—Ben Jonson, 1633Quotes
The fox knows lots of tricks, the hedgehog only one—but it’s a winner.
—Archilochus, c. 650 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. 64In 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, 1759Animals are good to think with.
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1962Happiness is a warm puppy.
—Charles Schulz, 1971Man is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.
—Plato, c. 349 BCMan 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, 1819Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
—Winston Churchill, 1945Imitate the ass in his love to his master.
—St. John Chrysostom, c. 388What delight can there be, and not rather displeasure, in hearing the barking and howling of dogs? Or what greater pleasure is there to be felt when a dog followeth a hare than when a dog followeth a dog?
—Thomas More, 1516