George Graham Vest quotes
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“In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.”
-- George Graham VestSource : "Best Speech; Faithful, Even in Death" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.
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“The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. . . .He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. . . .When all other friends desert, he remains.”
-- George Graham VestSource : "Best Speech; Faithful, Even in Death" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.
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“If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies.”
-- George Graham VestSource : "Best Speech; Faithful, Even in Death" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.
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