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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.]
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's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
Every dog has his day - but the nights are reserved for the cats
Every dog has his day - but the nights are reserved for the cats
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,
Who loves me will love my dog also.
[Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.]
Who loves me will love my dog also.
[Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.]
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does.
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
To be, contents his natural desire,
He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire;
But thinks, admitted read more
To be, contents his natural desire,
He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire;
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky,
His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Go wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense
Weigh thy opinion against Providence.
