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It is bad to awaken a sleeping dog.
[It., Il fait mal eveiller le chien qu dort.]
Author:
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Do not disturb the sleeping dog.
[It., Non stuzzicare il can che dorme.]
Author: Allessandro Allegri
Source: Rime e Prose
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He was such a dear little cock-tailed pup.
Author: Richard Harris Barham
Source: Mr. Peter's Story
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
[Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.]
Author: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Source: Sermo Primus
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a
living dog is better than a dead lion.
Author: Bible
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. IX, v. 4)
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And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should
do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed
me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
Author: Bible
Source: II Kings (ch. VIII, v. 13)
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But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The
dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed
to her wallowing in the mire.
Author: Bible
Source: II Peter (ch. II, v. 22)
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And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which
fall from their masters' table.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XV, v. 27)
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On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh,
No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;
No harp like my own could so cheerily play,
And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.
Author: Thomas Campbell
Source: The Harper
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His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.
Author: Thomas Campbell
Source: Pleasure of Hope (pt. I, l. 86)
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Mother of dead dogs.
Author: Thomas Campbell
Source: Pleasure of Hope (pt. I, l. 86)
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It is nought good a sleeping hound wake.
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Source: Troilus and Criseyde (III, 764)
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Old dog Tray's ever faithful;
Grief can not drive him away;
He is gentle, he is kind--
I shall never, never find
A better friend than old dog Tray!
Author: Stephen Collins Foster
Source: Old Dog Tray
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And in that town a dog was found,
As many dogs there be,
Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound,
And curs of low degree.
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Source: Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
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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.]
Author: Joussenel
Source: quoted in Paul Franche's "La Legende Doree des Betes", p. 191
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There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
But when we are certain of sorrow in store
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and sisters I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Source: The Power of the Dog
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The more I see the representatives of the people, the more I love
my dogs.
[Fr., Plus je vois des representants du peuple, plus j'aime mes
chiens.]
Author: Alphonse De Lamartine
Source: quoted in a letter from Comte Alfred d'Orsay to John Forster
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Who loves me loves my dog.
[Lat., Qui m'aime il aime mon chien.]
Author: A.J.V. Le Reux de Lincy
Source: French Proverbs, 13th century
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But in come canine Paradise
Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon,
And quarters every plain and hill,
Seeking its master. . . . As for me
This prayer at least the gods fulfill
That when I pass the flood and see
Old Charon by Stygian coast
Take toll of all the shades who land,
Your little, faithful barking ghost
May leap to lick my phantom hand.
Author: St. John Welles Lucas
Source: To a Dog
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Whosoever loveth me loveth my hound.
Author: Sir Thomas More
Source: First Sermon on the Lord's Prayer
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I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
Author: Alexander Pope
Source: Epigrams--On the Collar of a Dog
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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.
Author: Alexander Pope
Source: Essay on Man (ep. I, l. 109)
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Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than
of friends.
Author: Alexander Pope
Source: Letters to and from H. Cromwell, Esq.--Letter X
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The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
Author: Quintus Curtius Rufus (Curtis Rufus Quintus)
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (VII, 14)
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I have a dog of Blenheim birth,
With fine long ears and full of mirth;
And sometimes, running o'er the plain,
He tumbles on his nose:
But quickly jumping up again,
Like lightning on he goes!
Author: John Ruskin
Source: My Dog Dash
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The little dogs and all,
Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: King Lear (King Lear at III, vi)
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Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? . . . And the
creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great
image of authority--a dog's obeyed in office.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: King Lear (King Lear at IV, vi)
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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.
Author: John T. Trowbridge
Source: The Vagabonds
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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,
Author: George Graham Vest
Source: Eulogy on the Dog, found in Elbert Hubbard's "Pig-Pen Pete", p. 178
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How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Source: None
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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may -make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
Author: Samuel Butler
Source: None
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Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.
Author: Unknown
Source: None
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No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does.
Author: Christopher Morley
Source: None
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I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
Author: John Steinbeck
Source: None
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Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies.
Author: Gene Hill
Source: None
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Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.
Author: Francis Galton
Source: None
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Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.
Author: Dave Barry
Source: None
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The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.
Author: Henry Ward Beecher
Source: None
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If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them.
Author: Phil Pastoret
Source: None
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In dog years, I'm dead.
Author: Unknown
Source: None
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To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence the constant popularity of dogs.
Author: Aldous Huxley
Source: None
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No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation."
Author: Fran Lebowitz
Source: None
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail.
Author: Fran Lebowitz
Source: None
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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
Author: Ann Landers
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Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted, ready to do anything to defend home, master, and mistress.
Author: Louis Sabin
Source: None
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The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
Author: Bob Hope
Source: None
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Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.
Author: Roger Caras
Source: None
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The dog has got more fun out of man than man has got out of the dog, for man is the more laughable of the two animals.
Author: James Thurber
Source: None
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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
Author: Robert Benchley
Source: None
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It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
Author: Anonymous
Source: None
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