This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose. She is not refined. She is not unrefined. She keeps a parrot.
Man is the only animal that blushes.
Or needs to. The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. If a man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. There are several good protections against temptation but the surest is cowardice.