What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
Arthur Helps
Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.
Ben Jonson
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.
Laurence Olivier
We are not the only animal that mourns; apes do, and elephants, and dogs. Yet we are the only one that tortures.
Geraldine Brooks
Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
H. L. Mencken
It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.