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“There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”

“Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.”

“There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house.”

Kind Two House Friendship Dog Cat Gentleman Fidelity

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, big or small, young or old. He doesn't care if you're not smart, not popular, not a good joke-teller, not the best athlete, nor the best-looking person. To your dog, you are the greatest, the smartest, the nicest human being who was ever born. You are his friend and protector.”

Ifs Humans Persons Bigs Care Young Born Friendship Human Beings Poor Rich Dog Smart Jokes Athlete Protector Dog Lover Rich Or Poor Best Athlete He Doesn't Care Grooming Dogs

Author:Louis Sabin

“My dogs forgive anger in me, the arrogance in me, the brute in me. They forgive everything I do before I forgive myself.”

Friendship Dog Forgiving Arrogance My Dog Brutes

Book:For a Handful of Feathers

Source: For a Handful of Feathers

“Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.”

Looks Humor Funny Friendship Dog Friends Pet Flattery Flatterer

Book:The Works of George Chapman: Plays

Source: The Works of George Chapman: Plays

“Here Shock, the pride of all his kind, is laid, Who fawned like man, but ne'er like man betrayed.”

Men Kind Friendship Dog Pride Shock Betrayed

Author:John Gay

“A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart-better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?”

May Able Friendship Dog Shepherds Sweetheart Good Shepherd

Book:The Shepherd's Calendar

Source: The Shepherd's Calendar

“I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog.”

Men Years Stories Home Friendship Dog Twenties Selflessness Absent Odyssey

Author:Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.”

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.”

“There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog”

Source: King Solomon's Ring

“No one can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes.”

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Book:In Praise of Labs

Source: In Praise of Labs

“The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.”

Life Firsts Friendship Animal Poor Dog Appreciate Welcome Pet Dog Training Old Dog Dog Rescue Dog Best Friend

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him.”

Enough Asks Friendship Poor Business Rich Wise Dog Saint Silly Sinner Pals Rich Or Poor

Book:The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Source: The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

“I feel about my dogs now, and all the dogs I had prior to this, the way I feel about children—they are that important to me. When I have lost a dog I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for months.”

Way Feels Children Important Lost Friendship Gone Dog Months Periods Mourning Pet My Dog Pet Loss Dog Grief Dogs Dying

Author:Mary Tyler Moore

“I am I because my little dog knows me.”

Knows Littles Friendship Dog Know Me

Book:A Stein Reader

Source: A Stein Reader

“I am not looking for a friend; if I want a friend I'd buy a dog.”

Ifs Want Friendship Dog Friends

Author:Alan Sugar

“I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.”

Friendship Religious Growing Up Growing Dog My Best Friend My Dog Solace Relationship With God Friends Growing Up

Author:Lisa Bonet

“Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.”

Friendship Religious Prayer Animal Dog Humble Being True True Friend

Author:Albert Schweitzer

“A dog desires affection more than its dinner. Well - almost.”

Wells Funny Desire Friendship Dog Affection Dinner

Author:Charlotte Gray

“I guess you don't really own a dog, you rent them, and you have to be thankful that you had a long lease.”

Long Friendship Loss Dog Pet Being Thankful Pet Loss Lease Dog Loss Dog Grief Pet Grief Dogs Dying Dog Death

Author:Joe Garagiola

“The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being.”

Source: Man Meets Dog

“Dogs, bless them, operate on the premise that human beings are fragile and require incessant applications of affection and reassurance. The random lick of a hand and the furry chin draped over the instep are calculated to let the shaky owner know that a friend is nearby.”

Knows Humans Hands Humanity Friendship Human Beings Animal Dog Affection Owners Bless Application Fragile Premises Chins Reassurance Incessant Furry

Author:Mary McGrory

“You learn in this business.. If you want a friend, get a dog.”

Ifs Want Friendship Business Dog Investing

Author:Carl Icahn

“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.”

Ifs Joy Friendship Loss Sadness Dog Profound Pet Pet Loss Dog Loss Profound Sadness

Author:Marjorie Garber

“The dog of your boyhood teaches you a great deal about friendship, and love, and death: Old Skip was my brother. They had buried him under our elm tree, they said-yet this wasn't totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.”

“When the Man waked up he said, 'What is Wild Dog doing here?' And the Woman said, 'His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.'”

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Book:Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated Edition): 5 Novels & 350+ Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings from one of the most popular writers in England, known for The Jungle Book, Kim, The Man Who Would Be King

Source: Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated Edition): 5 Novels & 350+ Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings from one of the most popular writers in England, known for The Jungle Book, Kim, The Man Who Would Be King

“I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me.”

Looks Eye Friendship Animal Dog Like You Mets Creatures My Family I Realized Pet Animal Rights

Author:Ziggy Marley

“With eye upraised his master's look to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man: The rich man's guardian and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.”

Men Looks Ends Eye Joy Friendship Animal Poor Rich Dog Masters Creatures Aids Faithful Guardian Solace Rich Man Poor Man Faithful Dogs

Author:George Crabbe

“I know well enough that there have been dogs so loving that they have thrown themselves into the same grave with the dead bodies of their masters.”

Knows Wells Has Beens Enough Moments Body Friendship Dog Masters Graves Pet Thrown Stirring

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and people who really love them.”

People Kind Age Friendship Differences Dog Essentials Pet

Book:The confessions of a lost dog

Source: The confessions of a lost dog

“I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard day in the field - limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes, and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend.”

“After a lifetime of affectionate regard for dogs and many years of close observation and reflection, I have reached the conclusion that dogs feel more than I do (I am not prepared to speak for other people). They feel more, and they feel more purely and more intensely.”

People Feels Years Speak Friendship Dog Reflection Regard Prepared Lifetime Conclusion Observation Pet Affectionate

Book:Dogs Never Lie about Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs

Source: Dogs Never Lie about Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs

“Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs, so plainly as does a dog, when with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and wagging tail, he meets his beloved master.”

Men Doe Body Friendship Dog Humility Masters Ears Lips Beloved Pet Tails

Book:The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Source: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

“I can still see my first dog. For six years he met me at the same place after school and convoyed me home - a service he thought up himself. A boy doesn't forget that sort of association.”

Years Firsts Stills I Can Home School Friendship Forget Boys Dog Mets Six Pet Association After School

Book:In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers

Source: In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers

“I have a dog and sometimes I'll be the littlest kid with my dog and marvel at his ears and his nose and how he looks at me. If he died, I'd bawl like a baby.”

Ifs Looks Sometimes Kids Friendship Dog Baby Ears Died Noses Pet Look At Me My Dog Dogs Dying

Author:Aaron Eckhart

“Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.”

Friendship Animal Dog Admire Vanity Pet Homage Canine Colossal Dog Training Poodle Dogs Two Dogs Dogs And Life Faithful Dogs

Book:Under dispute

Source: Under dispute

“Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.”

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Book:Animal Heroes

Source: Animal Heroes

“Dogs never lie about love.”

Lying Friendship Dog Dog Lover Never Lie Animal Rescue

Book:The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving: How Dogs Have Captured Our Hearts for Thousands of Years

Source: The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving: How Dogs Have Captured Our Hearts for Thousands of Years

“Dogs love company. They place it first on their short list of needs.”

Needs Firsts Friendship Company Dog Lists Dog Lover Dog Love Short Dog

Author:J. R. Ackerley

“We derive immeasurable good, uncounted pleasures, enormous security, and many critical lessons about life by owning dogs.”

Friendship Pleasure Security Dog Lessons Critical Enormous Dog Lover Owning A Dog

Book:A Celebration of Dogs

Source: A Celebration of Dogs

“In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man.”

Knows Men World Different Friendship Dog Evolution Genius Species Primitive Canine Dog Lover Great Dog Poodle Dogs Man And Dog

Book:The Double Garden: Works of Maeterlinck

Source: The Double Garden: Works of Maeterlinck

“Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.”

“I had a Shiatsu dog for 12 years - we were different in size but he was certainly man's best friend, he was my little guy.”

Men Years Littles Different Guy Friendship Dog Size

Author:Brian Baumgartner

“Yeah, dog was this man's best friend, for sure.”

Men Friendship Dog Yeah

Author:Tommy Rettig

“I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model.”

Names Born Friendship Roles Dog Brother Dad Models Saved My Brother Role Models Mum My Best Friend Gutters Mum And Dad

Author:Ville Valo

“Dogs don't know about beginnings, and they don't speculate on matters that occurred before their time. Dogs also don't know - or at least don't accept - the concept of death. With no concept of beginnings or endings dogs probably don't know that for people having a dog as a life companion provides a streak of light between two eternities of darkness.”

People Knows Two Matter Light Friendship Animal Accepting Darkness Dog Concepts Eternity Companion Streaks

Author:Stanley Coren

“We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.”

Made Form Friendship Chance Dog Planets Surround My Dog Alliances Canine Great Pet Dogs And Life

Author:Max De Pree