Animals

(436 votes)   Who can guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(428 votes)   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.

Winston Churchill
1874-1965, British Statesman, Prime Minister

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(357 votes)   Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher

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(306 votes)   From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.

Victor Hugo
1802-1885, French Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(291 votes)   No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest.

Bertrand Russell
1872-1970, British Philosopher, Mathematician, Essayist

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(290 votes)   Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing ''Embraceable You'' in spats.

Woody Allen
1935-, American Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Comedian

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(289 votes)   And the turtles, of course... All the turtles are free- As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

Dr. Seuss
American Writer and Cartoonist, b. 1904-1991

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(285 votes)   We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creatures, because long ago men married them and acquired this knowledge from their animal wives. Today the priests say we lie, but we know better.

Native Americans

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(276 votes)   Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772-1834, British Poet, Critic, Philosopher

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(268 votes)   The character of a person is often carried in the mannerisms of his pet.

Greg Evans
American Writer 1978-

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(239 votes)   What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity as to modern times; of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground.

Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist

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(224 votes)   A fence should be horse high, hog tight and bull strong.

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(223 votes)   I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

Joe E. Lewis
American Writer

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(222 votes)   The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.

Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist

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(218 votes)   Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.

Thomas De Quincey
1785-1859, British Author

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