Quotes about animals

"Four legs good, two legs bad."

Orwell, George on animals   

"In a few generations more, there will probably be no room at all allowed for animals on the earth: no need of them, no toleration of them. An immense agony will have then ceased, but with it there will also have passed away the last smile of the world's youth."

Ouida on animals   

"Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man."

Peacock, Thomas Love on animals   

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"There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man."

Poe, Edgar Allan on animals
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"The owl of ignorance lays the egg of pride."

Proverb on animals   

"An eagle does not catch flies."

Proverb on animals   

"The fatter the flea the leaner the dog."

Proverb, German on animals   

"Who loves me loves my dog."

Proverb, Latin on animals
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"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."

Quincey, Thomas De on animals   

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

Russell, Bertrand on animals   

"Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile."

Schweitzer, Albert on animals
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"What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected."

Seattle, Chief on animals   

"Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals, love them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more."

Teale, Edwin Way on animals   

"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."

Thoreau, Henry David on animals   

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"The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams."

Thoreau, Henry David on animals   

"The better I know men the more I admire dogs."

Unknown, Source on animals
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"If it wasn't for dogs, some people would never go for a walk."

Unknown, Source on animals
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"A fence should be horse high, hog tight and bull strong."

Unknown, Source on animals   

"A camel is a horse designed by a committee."

Unknown, Source on animals   

"Animals have these advantages over man: They have no theologians to instruct them, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills."

Voltaire on animals
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"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 lived thousands of years ago."

Whitman, Walt on animals   

"The best thing about animals is they don't talk much."

Wilder, Thornton on animals