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Best quotes and aphorisms on dogs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Best quotes and aphorisms on dogs, ideas, thoughts and opinions by famous authors, writers and artists on the most loved pet friend that faithfully live with us.<\/span><\/p>\n

The meeting in the open of two dogs, strangers to each other, is one of the most painful, thrilling, and pregnant of all conceivabale encounters; it is surrounded by an atmosphere of the last canniness, presided over by a constraint for which I have no preciser name; they simply cannot pass each other, their mutual embarrassment is frightful to behold.<\/span>
\nThomas Mann<\/span><\/p>\n

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.<\/span>
\nRobert Louis Stevenson<\/span><\/p>\n

Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What\u2019s one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully.<\/span>
\nJon Katz<\/span><\/p>\n

Every dog must have his day.<\/span>
\nJonathan Swift<\/span><\/p>\n

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.<\/span>
\nLord Byron<\/span><\/p>\n

Before you get a dog, you can\u2019t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can\u2019t imagine living any other way.<\/span>
\nCaroline Knapp<\/span><\/p>\n

The dog is the god of frolic.<\/span>
\nHenry Ward Beecher<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog.<\/span>
\nKonrad Lorenz<\/span><\/p>\n

Nowadays, we are increasingly concerned about the health of animals, so in Italy they have even invented mutual insurance for dogs and cats; although it is also true that at the same time they are trying to dismantle the one for humans.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.<\/span>
\nMoby<\/span><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.<\/span>
\nRoger A. Caras<\/span><\/p>\n

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.<\/span>
\nEckhart Tolle<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the size of the dog in the fight, it\u2019s the size of the fight in the dog.<\/span>
\nMark Twain<\/span><\/p>\n

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.<\/span>
\nOrhan Pamuk<\/span><\/p>\n

It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.<\/span>
\nJohn Grogan<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have a dog, you will most likely outlive it; to get a dog is to open yourself to profound joy and, prospectively, to equally profound sadness.<\/span>
\nMarjorie Garber<\/span><\/p>\n

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man\u2019s.<\/span>
\nMark Twain<\/span><\/p>\n

Politicians are none of my business\u2026 I was struck by the fact that they live a dog’s life without the manners of a dog.<\/span>
\nRudyard Kipling<\/span><\/p>\n

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.<\/span>
\nJosh Billings<\/span><\/p>\n

The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.<\/span>
\nKonrad Lorenz<\/span><\/p>\n

The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.<\/span>
\nClara Bow<\/span><\/p>\n

The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.<\/span>
\nWinston Churchill<\/span><\/p>\n

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.<\/span>
\nJames Thurber<\/span><\/p>\n

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.<\/span>
\nRobert Benchley<\/span><\/p>\n

If a dog doesn’t put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn’t happen you are only keeping an animal.<\/span>
\nEnid Bagnold<\/span><\/p>\n

Dog. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world’s worship.<\/span>
\nAmbrose Bierce<\/span><\/p>\n

The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.<\/span>
\nHenry Ward Beecher<\/span><\/p>\n

The great 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.<\/span>
\nSamuel Butler<\/span><\/p>\n

If your dog doesn’t like someone, you probably shouldn’t either.<\/span>
\nCaryl Churchill<\/span><\/p>\n

Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, and all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery, if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just Tribute to the Memory of BOATSWAIN, a Dog.<\/span>
\nJohn Cam Hobhouse<\/span><\/p>\n

If you take a starving dog and fatten him up, he will not bite you. That is the main difference between a dog and a man.<\/span>
\nMark Twain<\/span><\/p>\n

There are some dogs which, when you meet them, remind you that, despite thousands of years of manmade evolution, every dog is still only two meals away from being a wolf.<\/span>
\nNeil Gaiman<\/span><\/p>\n

Dogs want to be people. That’s what their lives are about. They don’t like being a dog. They’re with people all the time, they want to graduate. My dog would sit there all day, he would watch me walk by, he would think to himself, “I could do that! He’s not that good.”<\/span>
\nJerry Seinfeld<\/span><\/p>\n

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.<\/span>
\nLord Byron<\/span><\/p>\n

Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.<\/span>
\nWinston Churchill<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you know what a dog and a short-sighted gynecologist have in common? It’s simple, they both always have wet noses.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

The better I know men the more I admire dogs.<\/span>
\nAnonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.<\/span>
\nEdward Hoagland<\/span><\/p>\n

You may drive a dog off the King’s armchair, and it will climb into the preacher’s pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.<\/span>
\nJean De La Bruyere<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.<\/span>
\nFran Lebowitz<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span>
\nAbraham Lincoln<\/span><\/p>\n

Extraordinary creature! So close a friend, and yet so remote.<\/span>
\nThomas Mann<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you know that there are over 300 words for love in canine?<\/span>
\nGabriel Zevin<\/span><\/p>\n

When you adopt a dog, you have a lot of very good days and one very bad day.<\/span>
\nBruce W. Cameron<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span>
\nRoger A. Caras<\/span><\/p>\n

The dog is the god of frolic.<\/span>
\nHenry Ward Beecher<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how you\u2019re feeling, a little dog gonna love you.<\/span>
\nWaka Flocka Flame<\/span><\/p>\n

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.<\/span>
\nDean Koontz<\/span><\/p>\n

The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.<\/span>
\nRobert Falcon Scott<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep calm and pet a dog.<\/span>
\nAnonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother\u2013 and they\u2019ll settle for a puppy every time.<\/span>
\nWinston Pendleton<\/span><\/p>\n

If it wasn\u2019t for puppies, some people would never go for a walk.<\/span>
\nAnonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.<\/span>
\nAnonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.<\/span>
\nWill Rogers<\/span><\/p>\n

The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn\u2019t pose. He isn\u2019t aware of the camera.<\/span>
\nPatrick Demarchelier<\/span><\/p>\n

What do dogs do on their day off? Can\u2019t lie around \u2013 that\u2019s their job.<\/span>
\nGeorge Carlin<\/span><\/p>\n

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.<\/span>
\nOgden Nash<\/span><\/p>\n

The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread.<\/span>
\nPortuguese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.<\/span>
\nAugust J. Strindberg<\/span><\/p>\n

His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes — cats — I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, mine eyes the tail that wagg’d contempt at Fate.<\/span>
\nSir William Watson<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.<\/span>
\nAnn Landers<\/span><\/p>\n

Dog is God spelled backward.<\/span>
\nDuane Chapman<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t understand people who don\u2019t touch their pets. Their cat or dog is called a pet for a reason.<\/span>
\nJarod Kintz<\/span><\/p>\n

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 man.<\/span>
\nMark Twain<\/span><\/p>\n

Everybody should have a shelter dog. It\u2019s good for the soul.<\/span>
\nPaul Shaffer<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything I know I learned from dogs.<\/span>
\nNora Roberts<\/span><\/p>\n

Happiness is a warm puppy.<\/span>
\nCharles Shultz<\/span><\/p>\n

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.<\/span>
\nRobert Benchley<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen a look in dogs\u2019 eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.<\/span>
\nJohn Steinbeck<\/span><\/p>\n

You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.<\/span>
\nW. Bruce Cameron<\/span><\/p>\n

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.<\/span>
\nAndy Rooney<\/span><\/p>\n

Happiness to a dog is what lies on the other side of a door.<\/span>
\nCharleton Jr. Ogburn<\/span><\/p>\n

The fatter the flea the leaner the dog.<\/span>
\nGerman Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Who loves me loves my dog.<\/span>
\nLatin Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest.<\/span>
\nBertrand Russell<\/span><\/p>\n

If it wasn’t for dogs, some people would never go for a walk.<\/span>
\nAnonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

Anybody who doesn\u2019t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.<\/span>
\nFranklin P. Jones<\/span><\/p>\n

Jealousy is a barking dog that attracts thieves.<\/span>
\nKarl Kraus<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside of a dog, a book is a man\u2019s best friend. Inside of a dog it\u2019s too dark to read.<\/span>
\nGroucho Marx<\/span><\/p>\n

Let us confess to ourselves once and for all that since humanity introduced human rights, life has been a dog’s life.<\/span>
\nKarl Kraus<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how great a person may do, the mere fact that he is a justice bureaucrat, with a police dog record, married to a law professional, daughter of a prestigious court servant, can be more than enough to detest him.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.<\/span>
\nHarry S Truman<\/span><\/p>\n

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.<\/span>
\nChristopher Morley<\/span><\/p>\n

When a man\u2019s best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.<\/span>
\nEdward Abbey<\/span><\/p>\n

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross, and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.<\/span>
\nMark Haddon<\/span><\/p>\n

The great 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.<\/span>
\nSamuel Butler<\/span><\/p>\n

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.<\/span>
\nJohn Grogan<\/span><\/p>\n

You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you\u2019re in faster than you can think of.<\/span>
\nJill Abramson<\/span><\/p>\n

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.<\/span>
\nGilda Radner<\/span><\/p>\n

When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.<\/span>
\nBruce W. Cameron<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want a friend, buy a dog.<\/span>
\nKevin O\u2019Leary<\/span><\/p>\n

Kevin O\u2019LearyYou can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.<\/span>
\nCaptain Beefheart<\/span><\/p>\n

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