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Poor little
Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of
thy face.
-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772-1834, British Poet,
Critic, Philosopher
Shall we never
have done with that cliche, so stupid that it could only be
human, about the sympathy of animals for man when he is
unhappy? Animals love happiness almost as much as we do. A
fit of crying disturbs them, they'll sometimes imitate
sobbing, and for a moment they'll reflect our sadness. But
they flee unhappiness as they flee fever, and I believe that
in the long run they are capable of boycotting it.
-- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
1873-1954, French Author
Mankind
differs from the animals only by a little and most people
throw that away.
-- Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical
Teacher, Philosopher
The following
general definition of an animal: a system of different
organic molecules that have combined with one another, under
the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and
muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of
matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most
suitable position for its shape and comfort.
-- Denis Diderot
1713-1784, French Philosopher
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Animals are
such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no
criticisms.
-- George Eliot
1819-1880, British Novelist
Who can guess
how much industry and providence and affection we have
caught from the pantomime of brutes?
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
The elephant,
not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals,
provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and
tenderly loving to the female of its choice, mating only
every third year and then for no more than five days, and so
secretly as never to be seen, until, on the sixth day, it
appears and goes at once to wash its whole body in the
river, unwilling to return to the herd until thus purified.
Such good and modest habits are an example to husband and
wife.
-- St. Francis De Sales
1567-1622, Roman Catholic
Bishop, Writer
Animals are in
possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of
their body. But they have no right to their life, because
they do not will it.
-- Georg Hegel
1770-1831, German Philosopher
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