Dog Lover Quotes - Page 6

• 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

  Dog, Men, Wish

  James Thurber (1955). “Thurber's Dog's: A Collection of the Master's Dogs”

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• A dog gladly admits the superiority of his master over himself, accepts his judgment as final, but, contrary to what dog-lovers believe, he does not consider himself as a slave. His submission is voluntary, and he expects his own small rights to be respected.

  Axel Munthe

  Dog, Believe, Rights

  Axel Munthe (1930). “The Story of San Michele”

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• Every dog is a lion at home.

  Henry George Bohn

  Dog, Home, Animal

  Henry George Bohn, John Ray (1860). “A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages : and an Alphabetical Index, in which are Introduced Large Additions, as Well of Proverbs as of Sayings, Sentences, Maxims, and Phrases”, p.349

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