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Animal Quotes by Victor Hugo
- From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists…
- All animals are to be found in men and each of theme exists in some man, sometimes several at the time.
- I believe that pity is a law like justice, and that kindness is a duty like uprightness. That which is weak has a right to…
- Nothing can be more depressing than to expose, naked to the light of thought, the hideous growth of argot. Indeed it is like a sort…
- In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.
- In the relations of humans with the animals, with the flowers, with all the objects of creation, there is a whole great ethic scarcely seen…
- Animals run no risk of going to hell. They are already there.
- The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young.
- Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has…
- The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.
- The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective…
- All the human and animal manure which the world wastes, if returned to the land, instead of being thrown into the sea, would suffice to…
- Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls.
- First it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation to nature and the animals.
More Animal Quotes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. — David Attenborough
- There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of… — David Attenborough
- Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And… — David Attenborough
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. — David Attenborough
- I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated… — David Attenborough
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is… — David Attenborough
- Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you… — David Attenborough