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And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which
fall from their masters' table.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which
fall from their masters' table.
It is bad to awaken a sleeping dog.
[It., Il fait mal eveiller le chien qu dort.]
It is bad to awaken a sleeping dog.
[It., Il fait mal eveiller le chien qu dort.]
What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.
What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.
I have a dog of Blenheim birth,
With fine long ears and full of mirth;
And sometimes, read more
I have a dog of Blenheim birth,
With fine long ears and full of mirth;
And sometimes, running o'er the plain,
He tumbles on his nose:
But quickly jumping up again,
Like lightning on he goes!
I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically read more
I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal read more
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.
There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.
But in come canine Paradise
Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon,
And quarters every plain and read more
But in come canine Paradise
Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon,
And quarters every plain and hill,
Seeking its master. . . . As for me
This prayer at least the gods fulfill
That when I pass the flood and see
Old Charon by Stygian coast
Take toll of all the shades who land,
Your little, faithful barking ghost
May leap to lick my phantom hand.