About
Dogs
Somewhere a little dog doth wait;
It may be by some garden gate.
With eyes alert and tail attent -
You know the kind of tail that’s meant -
With stores of yelps of glad delight
To bid me welcome home at night.
John Kendrick Bangs
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there
long before any of us.
Robert Louis Stevenson
The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the
most precious and valuable possession of mankind.
Theodorus Gaza
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
Roger Caras
Dog. A kind of subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and
surplus of the world’s worship.
Ambrose Bierce
If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friend’s
motions and inclinations, he possesses this in an eminent degree; he
lies down when I sit and walks when I walk, which is more than many
good friends can pretend to do.
Alexander Pope
I take the liberty of confiding to your charity and humanity...Max, who
is the best and gentlest and most reasonable and well-mannered, as well
as most beautiful small animal of his kind...I shall take it kindly if
he be not too often gratified with tidbits at meals. Of course what he
most intensely dreams of is being taken out on walks, and the more you
are able to indulge him the more he will adore you and the more all the
latent beauty of his nature will come out.
Henry James
The dog is a saint. He is straightforward and honest by nature. He
knows by instinct when he is not wanted; lies quiet still for hours
when his kind is hard at work. But when his kind is sad and worried he
creeps up and lays his head on his lap. "Don’t worry. Never mind if
they all abandon you. Let us go for a walk and forget all about it!"
Axel Munthe
A dog has the soul of philosopher.
Plato
I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the
allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
Samuel Johnson
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversations as a
dog does.
Christopher Morley
Man is troubled by what might be called the dog wish, a strange and
involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
James Thurber
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his
life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the
last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
Anonymous
I miss the wagging little tail;
I miss the plaintive, pleading wail;
I miss the wistful, loving glance;
I miss the circling welcome-dance.
Henry Willett, "In Memoriam"
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish
world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves
ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog... He will kiss the hand that has
no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in
encounter with the roughness of the world... When all other friends
desert, he remains.
George G. Vest
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 bit a just
Tribute to the Memory of BOATSWAIN, a Dog.
John Cam Hobhouse