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The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.
The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.
It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the
cat] nine lives instead of one.
It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the
cat] nine lives instead of one.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes--
Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.
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His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes--
Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.
My hand will miss the insinuated nose,
Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.
Cats are absolute individuals, with their own ideas about everything, including the people they own.
Cats are absolute individuals, with their own ideas about everything, including the people they own.
A cat may look like a king.
A cat may look like a king.
Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!
Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!
It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it
catches mice.
It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it
catches mice.
