Willkommen / Welcome

Willkommen / Welcome
Um Gedichte zu lesen, wähle eine Kategorie (Sidebar rechts). / Select a category to read poems (sidebare right).

Wichtige Informationen / Important information:

Dieser Blog soll nicht nur eine Sammlung sein für alle, die wie ich Gedichte, Texte und einfach alles zum Thema Hund mögen, sondern auch eine Anerkennung für alle Autoren und Künstler, die uns mit ihren Werken große Freude bereiten, manchmal Trost spenden oder uns die Augen öffnen möchten für Missstände.

This blog is not only a collection for all of you who, like me, love poems, texts and simply everything about dogs, it is also intended to give recognition to all authors and artists who with their work give us great pleasure, sometimes solace and who also want to open our eyes to the abuse and neglect of animals.

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Ausgenommen meine eigenen Arbeiten, unterliegen alle in dieser Sammlung veröffentlichten Gedichte, Zitate, Geschichten etc. dem Urheberrecht des jeweiligen Verfassers. Leider ist mir dieser in den wenigsten Fällen bekannt. Ich möchte mich bei allen Autoren entschuldigen, die ich nicht namentlich erwähnt habe. Ich arbeite daran, die Autoren zu finden. Wer hier einen eigenen Text findet, dem wäre ich für eine Nachricht dankbar. Ich werde dann einen entsprechenden Hinweis (und/oder Link) ergänzen oder den Text umgehend entfernen.
Das Urheberrecht für meine eigenen Texte, Fotos und selbst erstellten Grafiken liegt allein bei mir. Kopieren oder jegliche Art von Weitergabe oder Veröffentlichung ist untersagt.

Copyright for all published poems, stories, quotes belongs to the respective author. Usually I don’t know the authors of the material and I would like to apologize to any authors who I don’t mention. I’m working to find the writers. If you do find your own work here, I would be grateful for an appropriate message. Then I’ll add a note (and/or a link) or will remove the text immediately. I look forward to hearing from you.
Copyright for my own writings, photos and graphics: Isa of Mayflower. Copying, spreading or any type of publication is prohibited.

2012/08/31

Quotes

(If I know the author, you can find the name below the quote. If no name is specified, the author is unknown.)
 
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"A life without a dog is a mistake"
(Carl Zuckmayer)

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"Women and cats will do what please’s them,dogs and men should relax and get used to the idea”
(Robert A. Heinlein)

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"The love for animals enhances the cultural level of the people."
(F. Salvochea)

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"When you leave a dog behind because he “grew old", your children will learn the lesson. Maybe they will do the same to you when you are an old man. Think about it …"

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"The dog has made man their God, if the dog was an atheist, it would be perfect"
(Paul Valery)

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"It doesn’t matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor"
(Albert Schweitzer)

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"We can judge the heart of a man according to his love for animals"
(Immanuel Kant)

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“Do not call me dog, I do not deserve such a high qualification … I am not as faithful or loyal … I am only a human being""It is shameful for our species being the dog, (man's best friend) when the man is the dog’s worst friend."
(Eduardo Lamazón)

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"Do not accept the admiration of your dog as an obvious conclusion that you are wonderful“
(Ann Landers)

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"The dog knows, but does not know that he knows“
(Pierre Teilhard de Chardin)

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"A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you will love yourself."
(Josh Billings (1818-1885))

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"You can live without a dog, but it is not worthwhile."
(Heinz Rühmann, German actor)

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"If a dog does not come to you after looking you in the face, it is better that you go home and examine your conscience“
(Woodrow Wilson)

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"Buying a dog may be the only opportunity that a human being has to choose a relative."
(Mordecai Siega)

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"You can say any foolish thing to a dog and the dog will look at you in a way that seems to say: ‘My God, he is right! That would have never occurred to me.’“
(Dave Barry)

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“Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy.“
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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"To exercise, walk with someone who will accompany you willingly, preferably a dog.“
(David Brown)

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"There is no better psychiatrist in the world than a puppy licking your face“
(Woodrow Wilson)

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"Somewhere in the rain, there will always be an abandoned dog,
that prevents you from being happy“
(Aldous Huxley)

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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the manner in which its animals are treated“
(Mahatma Gandhi)

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"Many who have dedicated their life to love, can tell us less about this subject than a child who lost his dog yesterday.“
(Thornton Wilder)

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"Dogs are not everything in life, but they make it complete“
(Roger Caras)

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"Just thinking that my dog loves me more than I love him, I feel shame.“
(Konrad Lorenz)