The dogs barked and the caravan moved on

Posted by Joe on October 11, 2009 at 21:36

In Reply to: The dogs barked and the caravan moved on posted by ESC on October 09, 2009 at 15:48:

: : Does anyone know the origin and meaning of the saying "then the dogs barked and the caravan moved on"? I think it may have been used by an Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating, in recent times (post late 1990's) but it may have some previous form.

: Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. Only found it in one quote book and it was called a late 19th century proverb, not attributed to anyone. "Oxford Dictionary of Quotations," Fifth Edition, edited by Elizabeth Knowles (Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2001). Page 598.

All the words are "keywords" to this Arab proverb
from long ago, Eyewitness: being personal reminiscences of certain phases of the Great War ...ý - Page 256
by Ernest Dunlop Swinton - Biography & Autobiography - 1933 - 332 pages

"The dogs bark, but the caravan passes on," runs the Persian proverb -- so who knows, Eyewitness: being personal reminiscences of the Great War, including the ...ý - Page 303
by Swinton (Sir Ernest Dunlop) - History - 1932 - 321 pages

The dogs bark, but the caravan passes on," runs the Persian proverb. In this
instance the caravan moved on caterpillar tracks. ...