The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.

The line expresses a misanthropic comparison in which human society—marked by hypocrisy, cruelty, or self-interest—is implicitly judged inferior to the perceived loyalty and straightforward affection of dogs. It functions as a satirical epigram: the speaker’s growing experience of “men” (people, or specifically male-dominated public life) produces disillusionment, while animals become a refuge from social and moral disappointment. In quotation culture, it is often used to signal world-weariness and to praise canine fidelity as a corrective to human failings. However, the sentiment is widely circulated with shifting attributions, so its significance today is also tied to how aphorisms detach from verifiable origins.