@kittehboi curates animal-related quotes.
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Quote: Napoleon Bonaparte on Dogs
This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I looked on, unmoved, at battles which decided the future of nations. Tearless, I had given orders which brought death to thousands. Yet here I was stirred, profoundly stirred, stirred to…
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Quote: Heinlein on Cats
You don’t own a cat, he is a free citizen. Take dogs; dogs are friendly and fun and loyal. But slaves. Not their fault, they’ve been bred for it. But slavery makes me queasy, even in animals.― Robert A Heinlein, Farham’s Freehold
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Quote: William S. Burroughs on Cats
Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. (No evidence that such a thing happened with the Mayans, though a number of wild cats are native to the area.) I don’t think this is accurate. It is certainly not the whole story. Cats didn’t…
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Quote: Mark Twain On Cats
When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.— Mark Twain, source unspecified.
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Quote: G.A. Reisner On A Dog In Ancient Egypt
The dog which was the guard of His Majesty. Abuwtiyuw is his name. His Majesty ordered that he be buried (ceremonially), that he be given a coffin from the royal treasury, fine linen in great quantity, (and) incense. His Majesty (also) gave perfumed ointment, and (ordered) that a tomb be built for him by the…
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Quotes: The Instruction of Ankhsheshonq on Cats
The Instruction of Ankhsheshonq is an ancient Egyptian papyrus containing maxims, words to live by. Do not laugh at a cat. A cat that loves fruit hates him who eats it.
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Quote: Mark Twain On Cats
If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.— Mark Twain, Mark Twain’s Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review
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Quote: Mikhail Bulgakov on Cats
“Is that vodka?” Margarita asked weakly.The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation.“I beg pardon, my queen,” he rasped, “Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!”— Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
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Quote: Napoleon Bonaparte on Dogs
If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion.— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Quote: Théophile Gautier on Cats
Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! It will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness. It will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society, and leaving the company of creatures of its own society…
The Anipal Times 