"The time comes to every dog when it ceases to care for people merely for biscuits or bones, or even for caresses, and walks out of doors. When a dog really loves, it prefers the person who gives it nothing, and perhaps is too ill ever to take it out for exercise, to all the liberal cooks and active dog-boys in the world."

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Source : "The Confessions of a Lost Dog" by Frances Power Cobbe, London: Griffith & Farran, (pp. 15-16), 1867.

Frances Power Cobbe

#Dog Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Boys Quotes

“I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.”
“By constantly keep one's attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.”
“Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal.”
“I think my immediate reaction was, "I'm so tired. I need a little more time." But, it was very quickly followed up by excitement. It's very flattering, and it's a wonderful vote of confidence. We dream of getting to do what we do.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God, why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.”
“The ability to fantasize is the ability to survive, and the ability to fantasize is the ability to grow”
“Even if there were only two men left in the world and both of them saints they wouldn't be happy. One them would be bound to try and improve the other. That is the nature of things.”

Source : Frank O'Connor (1944). “Crab Apple Jelly: Stories and Tales”
“The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.”

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