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Quote by Maurice Maeterlinck
In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geni

In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. – Woodrow Wilson

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Dogs are miracles with paws. – Attributed to Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy

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They never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation. – Jerome K. Jerome

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To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. – Aldous Huxley

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Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one. – Ellen Key

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Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution it finds itself changed from one day to the next. – Jean Piaget

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Death is the tyrant of the imagination. – Barry Cornwall

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Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it. – Henry David Thoreau

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