Dogs

"Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God."

"As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly."

"Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."

"And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations."

"In Mongolia, when a dog dies, he is buried high in the hills so people cannot walk on his grave. The dog’s master whispers in the dog’s ear his wishes that the dog will return as a man in his next life. Then his tail is cut off and put beneath his head, and a piece of meat of fat is cut off and placed in his mouth to sustain his soul for its journey; before he is reincarnated, the dog’s soul is freed to travel the land, to run across the high desert plains for as long as it would like. I learned that from a program on the National Geographic Channel, so I believe it is true. Not all dogs return as men, they say; only those who are ready. I am ready."

"Love me, love my dog."

"Scowling dogs belong to the shameless man."

"If a dog snarls, throw a morsel into his mouthwash."

"The dog has been taught to pay attention; as long as he pays attention, he may escape his chain."

"Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as to your bread."

"Dogs gnaw bones because they cannot swallow them."

"The dog loves the one who beats it."

"Non stuzzicare il can che dorme."

"Il fait mal éveiller le chien qui dort."

"He was such a dear little cock-tailed pup."

"Mother of dead dogs."

"On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I; No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray."

"His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest."

"It is nought good a sleeping hound to wake."

"A living dog is better than a dead lion."

"Old dog Tray's ever faithful; Grief can not drive him away; He is gentle, he is kind— I shall never, never find A better friend than old dog Tray!"

"And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, And curs of low degree."

"Plus on apprend a connaître l'homme, plus on apprend à estimer le chien."

"Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?"

"There isrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; But when we are certain of sorrow in store Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers and sisters I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear."

"DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship. This Divine Being in some of his smaller and silkier incarnations takes, in the affection of Woman, the place to which there is no human male aspirant. The Dog is a survival -- an anachronism. He toils not, neither does he spin, yet Solomon in all his glory never lay upon a door-mat all day long, sun-soaked and fly-fed and fat, while his master worked for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition."

"Qui m'aime il aime mon chien."

"But in some canine Paradise Your wraith, I know, rebukes the moon, And quarters every plain and hill, Seeking its master. * * * As for me This prayer at least the gods fulfill; That when I pass the flood and see Old Charon by Stygian coast Take toll of all the shades who land, Your little, faithful barking ghost May leap to lick my phantom hand."

"The dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."

"The dog is turned to his own vomit again."

"I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?"

"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."

"Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet."

"I have a dog of Blenheim birth, With fine long ears and full of mirth; And sometimes, running o'er the plain, He tumbles on his nose: But quickly jumping up again, Like lightning on he goes!"

"We are two travellers, Roger and I. Roger's my dog—come here, you scamp! Jump for the gentleman—mind your eye! Over the table,—look out for the lamp! The rogue is growing a little old; Five years we’ve tramped through wind and weather, And slept out-doors when nights were cold, And ate and drank and starved together."

"Plus je vois des représentants du peuple, plus 'j'aime mes chiens."