Animals Quotes

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.

You don’t have to eat the whole ox to know that it is tough.