James Thurber - Dog Quotes

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The dog has seldom been successful in pulling Man up to its level of sagacity, but Man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.

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Now I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance — a sharp, vindictive glance.

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The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals.

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I am not a dog lover. A dog lover to me means a dog that is in love with another dog.

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It did not take Man long-probably not more than a hundred centuries-to discover that all the animals except the dog were impossible around the house. One has but to spend a few days with an aardvark or llama, command a water buffalo to sit up and beg or try to housebreak a moose, to perceive how wisely Man set about his process of elimination and selection.

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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

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