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An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord G...

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EVERY DOG’S STORYI have a bed, my very own.It’s just my size.And sometimes I like to sleep alonewith...

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Be prepared. A dog is adorable and noble.A dog is a true and loving friend. A dogis also a hedonist.

But I want to extol not the sweetness nor the placidity of the dog, but the wilderness out of which ...

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I do not particularly like the word 'work.' Human beings are the only animals who have to work, and ...

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To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation,...

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In any case I just cannot imagine attaching so much importance to any food or treat that I would gro...

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Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent...

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Matthew ScullyDominion: The Power of Man

When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?

If we are defined by reason and morality, then reason and morality must define our choices, even whe...

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Though reason must guide us in laying down standards and laws regarding animals, and in examining th...

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Matthew ScullyDominion: The Power of Man

The most striking quality that humans and animals have in common is the capacity to experience suffe...

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Matthieu RicardA Plea for the Animals: The Moral

All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.

The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is rel...

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If nothing else, school teaches that there is an answer to every question; only in the real world do...

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This, for many people, is what's most offensive about hunting—to some, disgusting: that it encourage...

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Were the walls of our meat industry to become transparent, literally or even figuratively, we would ...

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Michael PollanThe Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

In the debate over the use of antibiotics in agriculture, a distinction is usually made between thei...

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Michael PollanThe Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

This for many people is what is most offensive about hunting—to some, disgusting: that it encourages...

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Michael PollanThe Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

The case for exploiting animals for food, clothing and entertainment often relies on our superior in...

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The whole horror of the situation is that he now has a human heart, not a dog's heart. And about the...

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We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, t...

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Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at i...

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A meadow is nothing but a field of suffering. Every second some creature is dying in the gorgeous gr...

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Do you think that a doe in the jaws of a tiger feels less horror than you? People thought up the ide...

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Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is ...

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True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has...

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Milan KunderaThe Unbearable Lightness of Being

Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also,...

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There are some dogs which, when you meet them, remind you that, despite thousands of years of man-ma...

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Neil GaimanGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter

If called by a panther Don't anther.

...I would not engage the wombatIn any form of mortal combat.

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Ogden NashCustard and Company: Poems

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