MDMD2: The Learned English Dog

[Michael Bailey]

 Dave Monroe  wrote:

> ... meanwhile, I saw something recently attributing that "Every dog
>  must have its day" (trans. as provided, cf. Vineland) or somesuch to
>  Voltaire, but without a specific text cited.  I can neither confirm
>  nor deny, at least not via Google.  Help!
>

from bartleby.com
"Thus every dog at last will have his day—
He who this morning smiled, at night may sorrow;
The grub to-day's a butterfly to-morrow."
       	Peter Pindar: Odes of Condolence.

Pindar lived after Voltaire, though...but Shakespeare came first
(though the sense isn't exactly the same)

AUTHOR:	William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:	Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew and dog will have his day.