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It is bad to awaken a sleeping dog. [It., Il fait mal eveiller le chien qu dort.] - Unattributed Author vol. I, p. 108, from a 13th century manuscript in Le Roux de Lincy's Collection When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. - Edward Abbey Do not disturb the sleeping dog. [It., Non stuzzicare il can che dorme.] - Allessandro Allegri, Rime e Prose He was such a dear little cock-tailed pup. - Richard Harris Barham, Mr. Peter's Story 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. - Dave Barry A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. - Robert Benchley Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that a child cannot do much harm one way or another. - Robert Benchley Who loves me will love my dog also. [Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.] - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo Primus For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. - Bible, Ecclesiastes (ch. IX, v. 4) 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. - Bible, II Kings (ch. VIII, v. 13) 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. - Bible, II Peter (ch. II, v. 22) And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. - Bible, Matthew (ch. XV, v. 27) The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. - Ambrose Bierce Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. - Josh Billings (pseudonym of Henry Wheeler Shaw) A dog wags its tail with its heart. - Martin Buxbaum His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest. - Thomas Campbell, Pleasure of Hope (pt. I, l. 86) 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. - Thomas Campbell, The Harper Mother of dead dogs. - quoted by Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences It is nought good a sleeping hound wake. - Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde (bk. III, 764) Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on. - Sidonie Gabrielle Colette The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. - Charles Andre Joseph de Gaulle They are better than human beings, because they know but do not tell. - Emily Dickinson Our dog died from licking our wedding picture. - Phyllis Diller What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog. - Dwight David Eisenhower 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! - Stephen Collins Foster, Old Dog Tray Displaying page 1 of 3 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3
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