Dogs' Miscellany
TEN REASONS WHY YOU HAVE
TO OWN A DOG
-Dogs like humans.
-Dogs are always glad to see you, no matter how late you are.
-Dogs are loyal to their owners.
-Dogs can be trained.
-Dogs don't care what you look like. (And they appreciate body hair.)
-Dogs make you take exercise.
-Dogs don't correct your stories.
-Dogs don't criticize your driving.
-Dogs enjoy the way you sing.
-You are always good enough for your dog.
"A house is not a home until it has a dog."
—Gerald Durrell
IN PRAISE OF DOGS
"Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really."
—Agnes Sligh Turnbull
"We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment."
—George Eliot
"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down."
—Robert Benchley
"Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit."
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