#animal

To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all. ↗

— Rex Stout

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My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

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Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection. ↗

— John Millington Synge

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In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

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The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Therefore, vegetarianism alone can give us the quality of com-passion, which distinguishes man from the rest of the animal world. ↗

— Morarji Desai

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I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

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