I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses.
Heinrich HeinePerhaps already I am dead, And these perhaps are phantoms vain; - These motley phantasies that pass At night through my disordered brain. Perhaps with ancient heathen shapes, Old faded gods, this brain is full; Who, for their most unholy rites, Have chosen a dead poet's skull.
Heinrich Heine