“Sycophant learns from dogs.”
“Everything I know, I learned from dogs.”
“While humans play God, dogs learn from their masters.”
“Whenever you commend, add a compelling reason for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and the admiration of fools.”
“I don't like sycophants. Unless you're a cat.”
“Being a person, I had come torealize, is a communal activity. Dogs know how to be dogs. But peopledo not know how to be people unless and until they learn from otherpeople.”