Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends.
More from Alexander Pope
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
Permalink to quote #12 I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
Permalink to quote #14 The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul.
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