Mastiffs Quotes

• That island of England breeds very valiant creatures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage.

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  William Shakespeare

  Islands   England   Valiant  

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Second Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V”, p.765, BookCaps Study Guides

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• By nature a philosopher is not in genius and disposition half so different from a street porter, as a mastiff is from a greyhound

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  Adam Smith

  Different   Genius   Half  

  Adam Smith (1784). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.24

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• They worry one another like mastiffs, scrambling for rank and pay like apes for nuts.

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  John Adams

  Nuts   Worry   Political  

  John Adams (2012). “The Letters of John and Abigail Adams”, p.212, Simon and Schuster

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• [Tyson] looked him over with that massive baby-brown eye. “You are not dead. I like it when you are not dead.” Ella fluttered to the ground and began preening her feathers. “Ella found a dog,” she announced. “A large dog. And a Cyclops.” Was she blushing? Before Percy could decide, his black mastiff pounced on him, knocking Percy to the ground and barking so loudly that even Arion backed up. “Hey, Mrs. O'Leary,” Percy said. “Yeah, I love you, too, girl. Good dog.” Hazel squeaked. “You have a hellhound named Mrs. O'Leary?” “Long story.

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  Rick Riordan

  Girl   Dog   Baby  

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• He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.

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  John Selden

  Dog   Hurt   Play  

  John Selden (1800). “The Table-talk: Of John Selden, Esq. Being His Sense of Various Matters of Weight and High Consequence; Relating Especially to Religion and State”, p.75

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• On Christmas Day I'll head off for a couple of laps around the Serpentine, or a trek around the whole of Hyde Park. Or I'll walk right across town, with Curtis, my son Jamie's bull mastiff.

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  Stella Vine

  Couple   Son   Lap  

  "My Christmas". www.theguardian.com. December 08, 2008.

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