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Ugh!' snarled the Wolf, as he limped through the brushwood with his tail between his legs, 'this is ...

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Oscar WildeThe Star-Child and Other Tales

The eyes were certainly memorable and beautiful, moist calves' eyes heavily lashed and with the same...

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P. D. JamesAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman

The weather had freshened almost to coldness, for the wind was coming more easterly, from the chilly...

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Valuable and ingenious he might be, thought Jack, fixing him with his glass, but false he was too, a...

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And if, as all philosophers on the subject have noted, art is a human activity that relies on the se...

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Something was wrong, and while Mr. Bones could scarcely imagine what that thing was, Henry's sadness...

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You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

Whales are killed today to supply the limited demand for whale meat or to be used in pet foods or as...

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The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer...

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Unicorns are immortal. It is their nature to live alone in one place: usually a forest where there i...

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We have to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves.

If we have learned anything from the liberation movements, we should have learned how difficult it i...

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Peter SingerEthics Into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement

I agree with Varner and Scruton that the more one thinks of one's life as a story that has chapters ...

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The thing about rabbits, sir, is that everybody has one. I'd like to see you step up to the goat-cla...

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Occasionally they would hear a harsh croak or a splash as some amphibian was disturbed, but the only...

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The free animalhas its dying always behind itand God in front of it, and its wayis the eternal way, ...

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We're one of the only animals in the world that don't really think of ourselves as animals, but we a...

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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

Wee sleekit cow'rin timrous beastie 0 what a panic's in thy breastie! Wi' bickering brattle!

You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us.

You may kill for yourselves, and your mates,and your cubs as they need, and you can;But kill not for...

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Rudyard KiplingThe Second Jungle Book

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he no...

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he no...

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he no...

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he no...

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he no...

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he no...

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he no...

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he no...

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Whatever talent a person has should be dedicated to the rest of humanity - indeed to all living bein...

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All the wild beasts have been extinct for years, but it's perfectly possible to synthesize them auto...

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Stanisław LemThe Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power o...

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They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?

Animals don't know as much about jealousy as people, but they're not ignorant of it, either.

The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better ...

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Perhaps we should rejoice that people’s emotions aren’t designed for the good of the group. Often th...

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Wild creatures' eyes, the colonel said,Are innocent and fathomlessAnd when I look at them I seeThat ...

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Every living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of the...

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Sue Monk KiddThe Secret Life of Bees

You have now learned to see That cats are much like you and me And other people whom we find Possess...

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Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

Right from the start he is dressed in his best - his blacks and his whitesLittle Fauntleroy - quiffe...

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If language naturally evolves to serve the needs of tiny rodents with tiny rodent brains, then what'...

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I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to...

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I believe that the best way to create good living conditions for any animal, whether it's a captive ...

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Temple GrandinAnimals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

I believe that the place where an animal dies is a sacred one. There is a need to bring ritual into ...

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Temple GrandinThinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism

Once again he was aware of eyes staring fixedly at him. He glanced sideways into the long, pointed f...

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Yes, but humans are more important than animals,' said Brutha.'This is a point of view often express...

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It didn't have a name. Animals don't normally bother with them.

You would be much amused with the animals round the ranch.

All the Navel therefore and conjunctive part we can suppose in Adam, was his dependency on his Maker...

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The dogs were really keening now, like Irish widows.

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

Because we have viewed other animals through the myopic lens of our self-importance, we have misperc...

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Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin ...

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The little Otak was hiding in the rafters of the house, as it did when strangers entered. There it s...

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As a boy, Ogion like all boys had thought it would be a very pleasant game to take by art-magic what...

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So maybe the difference isn't language. Maybe it's this: animals do neither good nor evil. They do a...

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Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to ha...

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I think I could turn and live with animals they are so placid and self-contain'd I stand and look ...

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They do not sweat and whine about their condition, they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for th...

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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look ...

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Walt WhitmanLeaves of Grass: The Death-Bed Edition

Hi handsome hunting man Fire your little gun Bang! Now the animal Is dead and dumb and done. Neverm...

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Hi! handsome hunting manFire your little gun.Bang! Now the animalis dead and dumb and done.Nevermore...

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Walter de la MareRhymes and Verses: Collected Poems for Young People

Intelligence is the capacity to know what we are doing and instinct is just instinct. The results ar...

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Infant wart hogs resemble both sides of the family.

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Will CuppyHow to Attract the Wombat

Whales are silly once every two years. The young are called short-heads or baby blimps. Many whale r...

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Will CuppyHow to Tell Your Friends from the Apes

Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.

There are 2,500 kinds of sponges, all of them consist largely of holes.

If an animal does something, we call it instinct. If we do the same thing for the same reason, we ca...

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The stork is voiceless because there is really nothing to say.

A few alligators are naturally of the vicious type and inclined to resent it when you prod them with...

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As llamas have never heard of oxygen, they do not miss it.

A robin redbreast in a cage Sets all heaven in a rage.

The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the s...

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William HarveyAn Anatomical Disquisition on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals

Cat hate reflects an ugly, stupid, loutish, bigoted spirit. There can be no compromise with this Ugl...

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When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits - not animals.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine yo...

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The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of ani...

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..the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.

The three-toed sloth lives a peaceful, vegetarian life in perfect harmony with its environment. A go...

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I wish I could convey the perfection of a seal slipping into water or a spider monkey swinging from ...

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The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians...

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As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound.

The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.

Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.

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A. A. MilneWinnie-the-Pooh

My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with ma...

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The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be f...

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I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine

For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivi...

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Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it emb...

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We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suf...

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Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it...

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To his dog every man is Napoleon hence the constant popularity of dogs.

The secret to being a rider in the hippodrome wasn't just that you must be agile, or that you must b...

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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passi...

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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passi...

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If we analyse the classes of life, we readily find that there are three cardinal classes which are r...

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