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The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
Do not disturb the sleeping dog.
[It., Non stuzzicare il can che dorme.]
Do not disturb the sleeping dog.
[It., Non stuzzicare il can che dorme.]
The little dogs and all,
Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me.
The little dogs and all,
Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me.
It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
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.
The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
We are two travellers, Roger and I.
Roger's my dog--come here, you scamp!
Jump for the gentleman--mind read more
We are two travellers, Roger and I.
Roger's my dog--come here, you scamp!
Jump for the gentleman--mind your eye!
Over the table,--look out for the lamp!
The rogue is growing a little old;
Five years we've tramped through wind and weather,
And slept out-doors when nights were cold,
And ate and drank and starved together.
It is nought good a sleeping hound wake.
It is nought good a sleeping hound wake.
Gentlemen of the Jury: The one, absolute, unselfish friend that
man can have in this selfish world, the one read more
Gentlemen of the Jury: The one, absolute, unselfish friend that
man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts
him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his
dog.
- George Graham Vest, Eulogy on the Dog,