The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.― Mark Twain

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Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace.― Milan Kundera

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A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.― Arthur Conan Doyle

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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.― Andy Rooney

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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.― Mark Twain

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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.― Mark Twain

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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.― Groucho Marx

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Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly. -Diogenes

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Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.― Charles M. Schulz

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