Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Who loves me, loves my dog.”
In Festo Sancti Michaelis, Sermo 1, sect. 3; translation from Richard Chevenix Trench, Archbishop of Dublin On the Lessons in Proverbs ([1853] 1856) p. 148
Bernard quotes this as being a proverb in common use.
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“What man love me, love my dog.”
John Heywood (1497–1580) English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs
Part II, chapter 9
Recorded in the 11th century by Bernard of Clairvaux in one of his sermons as a common proverb.
Proverbs (1546)
“I am not a dog lover. A dog lover to me means a dog that is in love with another dog.”
James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
"I Like Dogs", For Men (April 1939); reprinted in People Have More Fun Than Anybody (1994); slightly paraphrased in "And So to Medve", Thurber's Dogs (1955)
From other writings
“I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.”
Cat Stevens (1948) British singer-songwriter
I Love My Dog (1966), his first single, later included on Matthew and Son (1967)
Song lyrics
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”
William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing
Source: Much Ado About Nothing
“The more boys I meet, the more I love my dog.”
Carrie Underwood (1983) American country music singer
From The More Boys I Meet from the album, Carnival Ride (2007). [Misattributed: performer not credited as writer.]
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
As quoted by Anna Freud in the preface to the (1981) edition of Topsy: The Story of a Golden-Haired Chow by Princess Marie Bonaparte.
Attributed from posthumous publications
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Bhakti
“My eye is ever on those who love me.”
Sai Baba of Shirdi (1836–1918) Hindu and muslim saint
Saying stated to his disciples
