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Quotes about animals
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Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. (Cromwell James)
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. (Cromwell James)
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. (Cromwell James)
Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing Embraceable You in spats. (Cromwell James)
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We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creatures, because long ago men married them and acquired this knowledge from their animal wives. Today the priests say we lie, but we know better. (Cromwell James)
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. (Cromwell James)
Drinking, when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals. (Cromwell James)
The dog is the god of frolic. (Cromwell James)
I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em. (Cromwell James)
A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and not by a but. (Cromwell James)
Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. (Cromwell James)
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. (Cromwell James)
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. (Cromwell James)
Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal. (Cromwell James)
What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us. (Cromwell James)
Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face. (Cromwell James)
Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away. (Cromwell James)
The following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort. (Cromwell James)
Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. (Cromwell James)
Who can guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes? (Cromwell James)
The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to the female of its choice, mating only every third year and then for no more than five days, and so secretly as never to be seen, until, on the sixth day, it appears and goes at once to wash its whole body in the river, unwilling to return to the herd until thus purified. Such good and modest habits are an example to husband and wife. (Cromwell James)
Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it. (Cromwell James)
Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga -- stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts. (Cromwell James)
Animals used to provide a lowlife way to kill and get away with it, as they do still, but, more intriguingly, for some people they are an aperture through which wounds drain. The scapegoat of olden times, driven off for the bystanders sins, has become a tender thing, a running injury. There, running away is me: hurt it and you are hurting me. (Cromwell James)
Animals often strike us as passionate machines. (Cromwell James)
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