Agnes Repplier Quotes, Dog Quotes, Cat Quotes

A man who owns a dog is, in every sense of the words, its master; the term expresses accurately their mutual relations. But it is ridiculous when applied to the limited possession of a cat.

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Before a Cat will condescend To treat you as a trusted friend, Some little token of esteem Is needed, like a dish of cream; And you might now and then supply Some caviare, or Strassburg Pie, Some potted grouse, or salmon paste — He's sure to have his personal taste. (I know a Cat, who makes a habit Of eating nothing else but rabbit, And when he's finished, licks his paws So's not to waste the onion sauce.) A Cat's entitled to expect These evidences of respect. And so in time you reach your aim, And finally call him by his name.

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Cat Quotes , Names Quotes

The cat does more for the war effort than you do. He acts as a hot-water bottle and saves fuel and power.

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Cats must have three names-an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignified name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and, thirdly, the name the cat thinks up for himself, his deep and inscrutable singular Name.

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'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.'

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Tags : Lewis Carroll Quotes , Cat Quotes , Mad Quotes

Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment to the skies.

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A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Book Quotes , Cat Quotes

The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that is seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilized cynic to do other than to worship it.

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Tags : H. P. Lovecraft Quotes , Cat Quotes , Perfect Quotes

It is good to be a cynic - it is better to be a contented cat - and it is best not to exist at all.

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The naming of cats is a difficult matter

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Cat Quotes , Matter Quotes

With cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.

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Old maids claw as cats do. They not only inflict wounds but experience pleasure in doing so. Nor will they fail to remind their victims of the blood drawn.

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Tags : Honore De Balzac Quotes , Cat Quotes , Blood Quotes

What! Did Sir W[alter] R[aleigh] believe that a male and female ounce (and, if so, why not two tigers and lions, etc?) would have produced, in a course of generations, a cat, or a cat a lion? This is Darwinizing with a vengeance.

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With cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.

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Everyone should have two or three hives of bees. Bees are easier to keep than a dog or a cat. They are more interesting than gerbils.

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The naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn't just one of your holiday games. You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter. When I tell you a cat must have three different names.

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Holiday Quotes , Cat Quotes

Zoologists seem to consider the cerebration of cats and dogs about 50-50 -- but my respect always goes to the cool, sure, impersonal, delicately poised feline who minds his business and never slobbers.

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Tags : H. P. Lovecraft Quotes , Dog Quotes , Cat Quotes

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

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Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat's entrails with horsehair.

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Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Cat Quotes , Violin Quotes

If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.

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