Animals
犬 dog; 狗 dog; 猫 cat; 鼠 mouse; 鳥 bird; 馬 horse; 牛 cow; 羊 sheep; 豚 pig; 鶏 chicken; 鴨 duck; 象 elephant; 虎 tiger; 熊 bear; 狼 wolf; 狐 fox; 狸 raccoon dog (tanuki); 猿 monkey; 龜/亀 tortoise; 魚 fish; 鯨 whale; 虫 insect;
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Famous quotes containing the word animals:
“Researchers, with science as their authority, will be able to cut [animals] up, alive, into small pieces, drop them from a great height to see if they are shattered by the fall, or deprive them of sleep for sixteen days and nights continuously for the purposes of an iniquitous monograph.... “Animal trust, undeserved faith, when at last will you turn away from us? Shall we never tire of deceiving, betraying, tormenting animals before they cease to trust us?””
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)
“Man’s unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself.”
—Ayn Rand (1905–1982)
“Thou almost mak’st me waver in my faith
To hold opinion with Pythagoras,
That souls of animals infuse themselves
Into the trunks of men.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)