Each of us knows in our hearts why we love dogs even if we can’t quite describe it.
Poets, sages, witty wags, and countless unknowns throughout the ages have put that love into words, so Bay Woof sent Cupid to dig up this collection of new and old epigrams to our canine darlings. Curl up, find an ear to scratch, and enjoy. (Ed. Note: We’ve taken the liberty of inserting a little gender equality into some of these classic quotes)
We love you because… you love us.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
–Josh Billings
A dog has one aim in life … to bestow her heart.
– J.R. Ackerley
The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.
– Johnny Depp
Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.
– Roger Caras
We love you because… you show us how to live.
To err is human; to forgive, canine.
– Anonymous
Dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model
for being alive.
– Gilda Radner
I think every family should have a dog; it is like having a perpetual baby; it is the plaything and crony of the whole house. It keeps them all young.
– Dr. John Brown
A dog makes a house a home.
– Anonymous
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.
– Mary Ann Evans (aka George Eliot)
No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.
– Louis Sabin
A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.
– Irish Proverb
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
– Samuel Butler
I strive to be the person my dog thinks I am.
– Anonymous
We love you because… we can trust you.
If your dog doesn’t like someone, you probably shouldn’t, either.
– Anonymous
Dogs never lie about love.
– Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
– Alexander Pope
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested her with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
– Sir Walter Scott
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one who never deserts him, the one who never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog… When all other friends desert, he remains.
– Sen. George Graham Vest, speaking to the U.S. Senate
I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
– Will Rogers
A man may smile and bid you hail
Yet wish you to the devil;
But when a good dog wags her tail,
You know she’s on the level.
– Anonymous
We love you because… you clarify our values.
Who loves me will love my dog also.
– St. Bernard of Clairvaux
He cannot be a gentleman that loveth not a dog.
– Proverb
If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn’t shoo them away – well, that’s the height of romance.
– Salma Hayek
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog.
– Charles F. Doran
We love you because… you heal us.
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
– Ben Williams
I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.
– Doris Day
One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you’re feeling blue is that she doesn’t try to find out why.
– Anonymous
A dog will always be there at the end of a bad day.
– Anonymous
Happiness is a warm puppy.
– Charles M. Schulz
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