Quotes of the Week - Nov 10, 2009:
"I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago." --
Bernie Madoff, jailed financier and Ponzi schemer, in newly released
interview with representatives of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
"This is all happening because my father didn't buy me a train
set as a kid." --Warren Buffett, investor, on his company's $26
billion purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad - its biggest
deal ever.
"I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears."
-- Rihanna, pop singer, on the unprecedented levels of media attention
she endured after she was assaulted by former boyfriend Chris Brown
in February.
Topic: Animal Quotes - Famous Animal
Quotes, Quotations, Sayings about Animals & Pets
An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great
language. Martin Buber
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. Immanual Kant
My little dog -- a heartbeat at my feet. Edith Wharton
A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution. Hazel Nicholson
The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how
they regard animals. Author Unknown
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous
eyes! Theophile Gautier
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. Roger Caras
There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has
a cat. Wesley Bates
Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable
to the child as it is to the caterpillar. Bradley Millar
If a ferret bites you it is nearly always your own fault. Phil Drabble
You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a
person with pets. Nora Ephron
Take most people, they're crazy about cars. They worry if they
get a little scratch on them, and they're always talking about
how many miles they get to a gallon…I don't even like old
cars. I mean they don't even interest me. I'd rather have a
goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake. J. D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye.
Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have
never forgotten this. Author Unknown
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will
be there long before any of us. Robert Louis Stevenson
A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than
you love yourself. Josh Billings
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains
unawakened. Anatole France
Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you
wanted to. Joe Gores
A canter is the cure for all evil. Benjamin Disraeli
Dogs have owners, cats have staff. Author Unknown
God made all the creatures and gave them our love and our fear,
To give sign, we and they are His children, one family here. Robert Browning
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that
you are wonderful. Ann Landers
In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble,
He gave him the cat. Warren Eckstein
A house is not a home without a pet. Author Unknown
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they
become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and
gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. James Herriot
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid
and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long. Walt Whitman
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your
face. Ben Williams
A dog may be a man's best friend but a horse made history. Author Unknown
Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in?
I think that is how dogs spend their lives. Sue Murphy
To err is human, to forgive, canine. Author Unknown
To err is human, to purr, feline. Robert Byrne
A horse gallops with his lungs,
Perseveres with his heart,
And wins with his character. Tesio
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from
the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will
deal likewise with their fellow men. St. Francis of Assisi
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A Horse! A Horse! my kingdom for a horse! William Shakespeare Richard III.
Biologically speaking, if something bites you, it is more likely
to be female. Desmond Morris
Deer hunting would be fine sport, if only the deer had guns. William S. Gilbert
Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers,
or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? Jean Paul Richter
All of the animals except for man know that the principle business
of life is to enjoy it. Samuel Butler
You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give
you a look that says, "My God, you're right! I never would've
thought of that!" Dave Barry
There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than
the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as
it was before. Robert Lynd
The dog was created especially for children. He is the God of
frolic. Henry Ward Beecher
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated. Mahatma Gandhi
The Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to
him. Rudyard Kipling
If I have any beliefs about immortality it is that certain dogs
I know will go to heaven, and very very few people. James Thurber
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg. Samuel Butler
I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats
is infinitely superior. Hippolyte Taine
Every boy should have two things: a dog, and a mother willing
to let him have one. Author Unknown
Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought
and joy untroubled. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his
tongue. Author Unknown
The dog represents all that is best in man. Etienne Charlet
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not
grasp. John Berry
And God took a handful of southernly wind, blew His breath over
it and created the horse. Bedouin Legend
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. Andrew A. Rooney
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because
it has a song. Chinese Proverb
Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back
to you later. Mary Bly
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions,
they pass no criticisms. George Elliot
The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of
yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he
will make a fool of himself, too. Samuel Butler
I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the
better for it. Abraham Lincoln
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you;
but if a cat does the same thing, it is because you lap is warmer. Alfred North Whitehead
The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much. Thornton Wilder
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing
herself with me more than I with her. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not
the better for it. Abraham Lincoln
Personally, I would not give a fig for any man's religion whose
horse, cat and dog do not feel its benefits. Life in any form
is our perpetual responsibility. S. Parkes Cadman
No one in the world needs a mink coat but a mink. Murray Banks
Never wear anything that panics the cat. P.J. O'Rourke
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For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like
a fox. And play like a rabbit. George Allen
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action
of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and
avoiding pain. Saint Augustine
I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my
wisdom and experience to animals. Brigitte Bardot
The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and
more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted
with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained,
living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren,
they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with
ourselves in the net of life and time. Henry Beston
Man, unlike animals, has never learned that the sole purpose
in life is to enjoy it. Samuel Butler
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must
run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every
morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest
gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether
you're a lion or a gazelle; when the sun comes up, you'd better
be running. Herb Caen
High office is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach
the summit, reptiles and eagles. Jean-le-Rond d'Alembert
Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human
being sitting inside were making fun of you. Elias Canetti
Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife by the millions
in order to protect his domestic animals and their feed. Then
he kills domestic animals by the billions (9 billion in the
U.S. alone in 1996) and eats them. This in turn kills man by
the millions, because eating all these animals leads to degenerative
- and fatal - health conditions like heart disease, stroke,
kidney disease, and cancer. So then man tortures and kills millions
more animals to look for cures for these diseases. Elsewhere,
millions of other human beings are being killed by hunger and
malnutrition because food they could eat is being used to fatten
domestic animals. Meanwhile, some people are dying of sad laughter
at the absurdity of man, who kills so easily and so violently,
and once a year sends out cards praying for "Peace on Earth". C. David Coats
Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions, they
pass no criticisms. George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans)
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from
the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will
deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis of Assisi
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom
the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in
itself. James A. Froude
As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal
with all species with kindness, love, and compassion. That animals
suffer through human cruelty is beyond understanding. Please
help stop this madness. Richard Gere
People have got to understand that the commandment "Do
unto others as you would that they should do unto you"
applies to animals, plants and things, as well as to people.
And that if it is regarded as applying only to people . . .
then the animals, plants and things will, in one way or another,
do as badly by man as man has done by them. Aldous Leonard Huxley
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated
our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond
doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would
depict the Devil in human form. William Ralph Inge
Animals possess a soul and men must love and feel solidarity
with our smaller brethren. Pope John Paul II
When someone behaves like a beast, he says: "After all,
one is only human." But when he is treated like a beast,
he says, "After all, one is human." Karl Kraus
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will
drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry
for itself. David Herbert Lawrence
Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't
want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that
he wants as much kindness as Roo. A. A. Milne
We are, despite all our great technological advances, still
very much a simple biological phenomenon. Despite our grandiose
ideas and our lofty self-conceits, we are still humble animals,
subject to all the basic laws of animal behavior. - We tend
to suffer from a strange complacency - that there is something
special about us, that we are somehow above biological control.
But we are not. Many exciting species have become extinct in
the past and we are no exception. Sooner or later we shall go,
and make way for something else. If it is to be later rather
than sooner, then we must take a long, hard look at ourselves
as biological specimens and gain some understanding of our limitations. Desmond Morris
A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion
of animal rights. Lance Morrow
If you have to kill an animal, do it quickly and with skill,
so that the animal suffers as little as possible. Do well everything
you do! Muhammad
Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions
he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell
for himself, behold, that was his heaven on earth. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
But if we stop loving animals, aren't we bound to stop loving
humans too? Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior
to each other, bear a constant relationship. Herbert Spencer
Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is
the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it. Mark Twain The Damned Human Race.
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the
clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have
no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not
disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals
cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills. Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet)
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the
field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam
to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every
living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names
to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast
of the field. The Bible Genesis 2:19-20.
But ask the beasts, and they will teach you. The Bible Job 12:7.
Show kindness to animals also, as well as to all people. For
as you treat all other created beings, so will you, in the long
run, be treated. Apocrypha, Text of The Twelve Fathers
Do not buy an animal, even a bird, until you have the food you
will need for it. Do not eat until you have fed your animals.
If an animal must be killed for food, see that it is done with
as little pain and shock as possible. Never, unnecessarily kill
or hurt an animal. The Talmud
The trouble with loving is that pets don't last long enough
and people last too long. Author Unknown
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Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He
does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to
pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits.
Yet he is lord of all the animals. George Orwell Animal Farm.
Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without. Rue McClanahan
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned
with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not?
Animals don't vote. Paul Harvey
Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're
in the game. Paul Rodriguez
Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera
than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after
I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are
still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect
for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain
rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans. Jimmy Stewart
If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and
because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence,
it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies,
or capitalists for the same reasons. C.S. Lewis
Drinking without being thirsty and making love at any time,
Madame, are the only things that distinguish us from other animals. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais The Marriage of Figaro, 1784.
When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call
him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call
him a sportsman. Joseph Wood Krutch
The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly
on whether you are at the right or wrong end of a gun. P.G. Wodehouse
If you love animals called pets, why do you eat animals called
dinner? Author Unknown
The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual
superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can
do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that
cannot. Mark Twain What Is Man, 1906.
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom
the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in
itself. James Anthony Froude Oceana, 1886.
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were
not made for humans any more than black people were made for
white, or women created for men. Alice Walker
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no
difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference
is a human conception for man's own advantage. Sri Aurobindo
When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot
a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do
we call this fun to kill this creature [who] was as happy as
I was when I woke up this morning. Marv Levy
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal
dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Mark Twain
Lisa Simpson: "Do we have any food that wasn't brutally
slaughtered?"
Homer Simpson: "Well, I think the veal died of loneliness." The Simpsons Created by Matt Groening.
Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in
and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made [man]
is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only
one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts
pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. Mark Twain
The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we
should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were any
other species in our dominant position. Christine Stevens
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when the
tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. George Bernard Shaw
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries
stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. Mahatma Gandhi
Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how
animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies
toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all. Michael J. Fox
The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion
that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively
outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal
compassion is the only guarantee of morality. Arthur Schopenhauer
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal
of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings,
we are still savages. Thomas A. Edison
To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable
in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man.
For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is
evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. But thousands
of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow
of remorse. If any man were to refer to it, he would be thought
ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime. Romain Rolland Nobel Prize, 1915.
When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability
to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is
a boy. Ingrid Newkirk
Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins
is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which
a human being can be guilty. William Ralph Inge
The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people
exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great
suffering in animals, and second because it results in an incalculably
great impoverishment of the human spirit. All education should
be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities
in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but
to all things whatsoever. Ashley Montague
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife
or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is. Isaac Bashevis Singer
We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with
which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do.
True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on
them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until
we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity
will not find peace. Albert Schweitzer The Philosophy of Civilization.
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Funny Animal Quotes, Funny Pet Quotes
I believe that our Heavenly Father created the monkey because
he was disappointed in man. Mark Twain
A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man.
But a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal. Winston Churchill
If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he
make them out of meat? John Cleese
Fork, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting
dead animals into the mouth. Formerly the knife was employed
for this purpose, and by many worthy persons is still thought
to have many advantages over the other tool, which, however,
they do not altogether reject, but use to assist in charging
the knife. The immunity of these persons from swift and awful
death is one of the most striking proofs of God's mercy to those
that hate Him. Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary.
Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love all year round,
madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. John Benfield
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian
because I hate plants. A. Whitney Brown
To my mind, the only possible pet is a cow. Cows love you .
. . They will listen to your problems and never ask a thing
in return. They will be your friends forever. And when you get
tired of them, you can kill and eat them. Perfect. Bill Bryson
I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always
say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think
my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her. Ellen DeGeneres
Kissing originates from animals sniffing each other. Ingelore Ebberfeld
Many years ago when an adored dog died, a great friend, a bishop,
said to me, "You must always remember that, as far as the
Bible is concerned, God only threw the humans out of Paradise." Bruce Foyle
The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from
or fight its enemies is lunch. Michael Friedman
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem
which he has to solve. Erich Fromm
New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three
million of whom think they are human. (Dame Edna) Barry Humphries
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them
make their experiments on journalists and politicians. Henrik Ibsen
Cats and monkeys, monkeys and cats all human life is there. Henry James
A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my suede jacket.
"You know a cow was murdered for that jacket?" she
sneered. I replied in a psychotic tone, "I didn't know
there were any witnesses. Now I'll have to kill you too." Jake Johansen
My favorite animal is steak. Fran Lebowitz
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell Animal Farm.
Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her
closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass
who pays for everything. Paris Hilton
I never married because there was no need. I have three pets
at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a
dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon,
and a cat that comes home late at night. Maria Corelli
You're a good example of why some animals eat their young. Jim Samuels
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus
in me that wants to wallow in the mud. Carl Sandburg
Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends. George Bernard Shaw
The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion
for lists of "Ten Best". H. Allen Smith
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. Mark Twain
The thing that differentiates man from animals is money. Gertrude Stein
Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Don't eat
pork. I'm sorry, what was that last one? Don't eat pork. God
has spoken. Is that the word of God or is that pigs trying to
outsmart everybody? Jon Stewart
I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability
to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet.
That may be. But I think there's one other thing that separates
us from animals. We aren't afraid of vacuum cleaners. Jeff Stilson
Please do not feed the squirrels. If you feed the squirrels,
they'll become overweight, and prone to disease. Their population
will grow, and they'll lose their ability to forage for food
on their own. They will expect you to feed them and will attack
you if you don't. They'll become like little welfare recipients,
and you wouldn't want to do this to them. Sign in Rocky Mountain National Park
Heart attacks - God's revenge for eating his little animal friends. Author Unknown
If carrots are so good for the eyes, how come I see so many
dead rabbits on the highway? Author Unknown
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Animal Poems, Verses, Rhymes
A Robin Redbreast in a cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage. William Blake Auguries of Innocence.
The Trouble with a kitten is that
Eventually it becomes a Cat Ogden Nash
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? William Blake
No heaven will not ever Heaven be;
Unless my cats are there to welcome me. Author Unknown
In the old ten-acre pasture,
Lookin' eastward toward a tree,
There's a Purple Cow a-settin'
And I know she thinks of me.
For the wind is in the gum-tree,
And the hay is in the mow,
And the cow-bells are a-callin'
"Come and see a Purple Cow!"
But I am not going now,
Not at present, anyhow,
For I am not fond of purple,
and I can't abide a cow;
No, I shall not go to-day,
Where the Purple Cattle play.
But I think I'd rather see one
Than to be one, anyhow. Carolyn Wells
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid
and self-contain'd,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania
of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands
of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. Walt Whitman Song of Myself.
I love little Pussy,
Her coat is so warm;
And if I don't hurt her,
she'll do me no harm.
So I'll not pull her tail,
Nor drive her away,
But pussy and I,
Very gently will play. Jane Taylor
Rats!
They fought the dogs and killed the cats,
And bit the babies in the cradles,
And ate the cheeses out of the vats,
And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles,
Split open the kegs of salted sprats,
Made nests inside men's Sunday hats,
And even spoiled the women's chats
By drowning their speaking
With shrieking and squeaking
In fifty different sharps and flats. Robert Browning The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
The woods were made for the hunters of dreams,
The brooks for the fishers of song;
To the hunters who hunt for the gunless game
The streams and the woods belong. Sam Walter Foss
I never saw a purple cow;
I never hope to see one;
but I can tell you anyhow;
I'd rather see than be one! Gelett Burgess
Ah yes, I wrote "The Purple Cow"
I'm Sorry now I wrote it
But I can tell you Anyhow I'll Kill you if you Quote it! Gelett Burgess
Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O what a panic's in thy breastie! Robert Burns To a Mouse, on turning her up in her nest
with the plough.
When fishes flew and forests walked,
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood,
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil's walking parody
On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will,
Starve, scourge, deride me I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.
Fools, for I also had my hour,
One far fierce hour and sweet,
There was a shout about my ears
And palms before my feet. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Palm Sunday - The Donkey.
We're poor little lambs who've lost our way,
Baa! Baa! Baa!
We're little black sheep who have gone astray,
Baa - aa - aa!
Gentlemen rankers out on the spree, Damned from here to Eternity,
God ha' mercy on such as we,
Baa! Yah! Baa! Rudyard Kipling Gentlemen-Rankers.
If I were a bear
And a big bear too,
I shouldn't much care
If it froze or snew;
I wouldn't much mind
If it snowed or friz-
I'd be all fur-lined
With a coat like his! A. A. Milne Furry Bear.
A jolly old sow once lived in a sty.
And three little piggies had she,
And she waddled about, saying, "Umph! Umph! Umph!"
While the little ones said, "Wee Wee!" "My dear
little brothers," said one of the brats,
"My dear little piggies," said he,
"Let us all for the future say Umph! Umph! Umph!
"Tis so childish to say Wee! Wee!"
So after a time these little pigs died,
They all died of felo de se;From trying too hard to say, "Umph!
Umph! Umph!"
When they could only say, "Wee! Wee!" Alfred Scott-Gatty The Three Little Pigs.
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