But never yet the dog our country fed, 
Betrayed the kindness or forgot the bread.
~Edward Lytton Bulwer
When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen;
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away;
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.
~Charles Kingsley
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Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
~Rudyard Kipling
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Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog;
But you're never friendless ever, if you have a dog.
~Douglas Mallock
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...the poor dog, in life the firmest friend
The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
~George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron
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Let sleeping dogs lie-
Who wants to rouse 'em?
~Charles Dickens |
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Therefore to this dog will I,
Tenderly not scornfully,
Render praise and favor.
~Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
I talk to him when I'm lonesome like; and I'm sure he understands. When he looks at me so attentively, and gently licks my hands; then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but I never say naught thereat. For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that.
~W. Dayton Wedgefarth
'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark
Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home;
'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark
Our coming, and look brighter when we come.
~George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron
His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-
Cats- I believe he did but feign to hate.
My hand will miss the insinuated nose,
Mine eyes the tail that wagg'd contempt at fate.
~Sir William Watson