There is something wholly likeable about most people who write about animals.
Animals Quotes
Mary had a little lamb Little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb Its fleece was white as snow. Ev’rywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went, Ev’rywhere that Mary went, The Lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day, School one day, school one day, It followed her to […]
Hippogriff, n.: An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.
Hydra, n. A kind of animal that the ancients cataloged under many heads.
Leviathan, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but (others) maintain with considerable heat that it was a species of gigantic Tadpole (“Thaddeus Polandensis”) or Polliwig.
It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done […]
Mammalia, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.
But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.
Monkey, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.
Man is a fraction of the animal world. Our history is an afterthought, no more, tacked to an infinite calender. We are not so unique as we should like to believe. And if man in a time of need seeks deeper knowledge concerning himself, then he must explore those animal horizons from which we have […]
