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Animals Quotes and Quotations
 A fence should be horse high, hog tight and bull strong.  A microbe is so very small You cannot make him out at all. Cats, no less liquid than their shadows, Offer no angles to the wind. They slip, diminished, Neat, through loopholes Less than themselves. Dogs come when they are called; cats take a message and get back to you. - Mary Bly Hi, handsome hunting man Fire your little gun Bang! Now the animal Is dead and dumb and done. Nevermore to peep again, creep again, leap again Eat or sleep or drink again. Oh, what fun. I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. If called by a panther Don't anther. Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night. From his watchtower in the skies, Til the dappled dawn doth rise. Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, timrous beastie 0 what a panic's in thy breastie! Wi' bickering brattle! The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother's keeper, or his keeper's brother. You have now learned to see That cats are much like you and me And other people whom we find Possessed of various types of mind. No animal admires another animal. 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. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. Cats - a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures. I'd rather have an inch of dog than miles of pedigree. Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A robin redbreast in a cage Sets all heaven in a rage. I think one reason we admire cats, those of us who do, is their proficiency in one-upmanship. They always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing - or pretend they do. Rarely do you see a cat discomfited. They have no conscience, and they never regret. Maybe we secretly envy them. I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long, They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things. Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that liveth thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. The dog is the god of frolic. Animals are such agreeable friends; they ask no questions, pass no criticisms. If't were not for my cat and dog, I think I could not live. A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity. Men show their superiority inside; animals, outside. 
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