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Give the boy a dog and you've furnished him a playmate
Always true and faithful as can be.—BERTON BRALEY, A Gift
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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.—BYRON
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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend.—BYRON
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Did you ever stop to think that a dog is the only animal that doesn't have to work for a living? A hen has to lay eggs; a cow has to give milk; and a canary has to sing. But a dog makes his living by giving you nothing but love.—DALE CARNEGIE, How to Win Friends
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Every time I come to town
The boys keep kicking my dawg around;
Makes no difference if he is a hound,
They've got to quit kicking my dawg around.—Anonymous
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Let sleeping dogs lie.—DICKENS, David Copperfield
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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.—GOLDSMITH, The Vicar of Wakefield
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The dog, to gain some private ends,
Went mad, and bit the man.—GOLDSMITH, The Vicar of Wakefield
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Oh, the saddest of sights in a world of sin
Is a little lost pup with his tail tucked in!—ARTHUR GUITERMAN, Little Lost Pup
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My dear dumb friend, low lying there,
A willing vassal at my feet,—
Glad partner of my home and fare,
My shadow in the street.—J. G. HOLLAND, To My Dog
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Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs.—JEROME K. JEROME, Three Men in a Boat
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He that strikes my dog, would strike me if he durst.—Proverb
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He cannot be a gentleman that loveth not a dog.—Proverb
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Dogs wag their tails not so much to you as your bread.—Proverb
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Barking dogs seldom bite.—Proverb
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Give a dog an ill name and you may as well hang him.—Proverb
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Flesh never stands so high but a dog will venture his legs.—Proverb
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Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.—SCOTT, The Talisman
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The son and heir of a mongrel bitch.—SHAKESPEARE, King Lear
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Mine enemy's dog,
Though he had bit me, should have stood that night
Against my fire.—SHAKESPEARE, King Lear
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I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for every day.—BERNARD SHAW, Misalliance
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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.—MARK TWAIN, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
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The dog commends himself to our favour by affording play to our propensity for mastery, and as he is also an item of expense, and commonly serves no industrial purpose, he holds a well-assured place in men's regard as a thing of good repute.—THORSTEIN VEBLEN, The Theory of the Leisure Class
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They say a reasonable number of fleas is good fer a dog—keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog.—E. N. WESTCOTT, David Harum
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He may look just the same to you,
And he may be just as fine,
But the next-door dog is the next-door dog,
And mine—is—mine!—DIXIE WILLSON, Next-Door Dog
