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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
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.
I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
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.
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 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.]
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,
The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the
dog.
[Lat., Plus on read more
The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the
dog.
[Lat., Plus on apprend a connaltre l'homme, plus on apprend a
estimer le chien.]
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than
of friends.
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than
of friends.
