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Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.
Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs read more
Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish.
Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!
Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!
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 cats could talk, they wouldn't.
If cats could talk, they wouldn't.
Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is read more
Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.
Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to
swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick read more
Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to
swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting
down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know,
Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat.
Therefore what does that signify to me?"
Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man.
Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man.
A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so read more
A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy, he has only to spray and his presence is there for years on rainy days.