quotations about dogs
The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals.
JAMES THURBER
introduction, The Fireside Book of Dog Stories
Beware of the dog that does not bark.
PORTUGUESE PROVERB
Dogs are one of the luxuries of civilization: in uncivilized life they are perhaps more one of the necessities.
H. W. SHAW
attributed, Day's Collacon
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.
DAVE BARRY
The World According to Dave Barry
When the puppies are born, we must leave them with the mother, and not put them to another dog; for the nurture of strange dogs does not sufficiently contribute to growth; but the milk and breath of their mothers is good for them, and their caresses pleasing.
XENOPHON
Cynegeticus