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Dog Quotes by Mark Twain
- Word it as softly as you please, the spirit of patriotism is the spirit of the dog and wolf. The moment there is a misunderstanding…
- Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other…
- When a man's dog turns against hime, it is time for his wife to pack her trunk and go home to mamma.
- I love to revel in philosophical matters-especially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there is. I am a perfect slave to it.…
- He wa'n't no common dog, he wa'n't no mongrel; he was a composite. A composite dog is a dog that is made up of all…
- But that's always the way; it don't make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just…
- It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog.
- My father was a Saint Bernard, my mother was a Collie, but I am a Presbyterian.
- There are no wild animals until man makes them so.
- Wherefore, I beseech you let the dog and the onions and these people of the strange and godless names work out their several salvations from…
- Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he…
- The more I know people, the more I love my dog.
- The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined to women, but…
- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
- If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word…
- 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…
- The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.
- Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's…
- I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I…
- It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Heaven is by favor;…
- the more I know about people, the better I like my dogs.
- The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
- I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead. The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and…
- Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made…
More Dog Quotes
- In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a… — Sri Aurobindo
- Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your… — Francis Bacon
- Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat,… — Antonio Banderas
- If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very… — Antonio Banderas
- When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. — Edward Abbey
- We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children and not… — Brigitte Bardot
- I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known. — Bob Barker
- Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them… — Dave Barry
- There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I… — Drew Barrymore
- Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? — Saint Basil
- Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme. — Francis Beaumont