Purring Cats Quotes - Page 2

• There is nothing in the animal world, to my mind, more delightful than grown cats at play. They are so swift and light and graceful, so subtle and designing, and yet so richly comic.

  Monica Edwards

  Cat, Animal, Light

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• In the image of the lion made He kittens small and curious.

  Heinrich Heine

  Cat, Lions, Kitten

  Heinrich Heine (1866). “The Poems of Heine: Complete”, p.129

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• ...with a cat you stand on much the same footing that you stand with a fine and dignified friend; if you forfeit his respect and confidence the relationship suffers. The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Men, Suffering

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

  Carl Van Vechten

  Cat, Men, Remember

  Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• When the tea is brought at five o'clock
  And all the neat curtains are drawn with care,
  The little black cat with bright green eyes
  Is suddenly purring there.

  Harold Monro

  Cat, Eye, Poetry

  Children of Love (1914) "Milk for the Cat"

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• For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.

  Christopher Smart

  Cat, Blessing, House

  Christopher Smart, Karina Williamson (1990). “Selected poems”, Penguin Group USA

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• At dinner time he would sit in a corner, concentrating; and suddenly they would say, 'Time to feed the cat,' as if it were their idea.

  Lilian Jackson Braun

  Cat, Ideas, Dinner

  Lilian Jackson Braun (1988). “The Cat Who Had 14 Tales”, p.2, Penguin

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• One cat just leads to another.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

  Ernest Hemingway, Carlos Baker (2003). “Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961”, p.555, Simon and Schuster

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• God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.

  Victor Hugo

  Cat, Men, Giving

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• You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

  Jane Pauley

  Sleep, Cat, Animal

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• Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place.

  Paul Gray

  Cat, Long, Pet

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• There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Love, Funny, Music

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• As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.

  Ellen Perry

  Love, Cat, Animal

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• Holding up my purring cat to the moon. I sighed.

  Jack Kerouac

  Cat, Moon, Purring

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• After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.

  Charlotte Gray

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

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

  Mark Twain

  Inspiration, Cat, Men

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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• What greater gift than the love of a cat.

  Charles Dickens

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

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• Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.

  Emile Chartier

  Cat, Two, Perfect

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• Even overweight cats instinctively know the cardinal rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses.

  John Weitz

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

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• A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Believe, Humor

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.12, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• To respect the cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense.

  Erasmus Darwin

  Cat, Cat Love, Aesthetic

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• Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.

  Jeff Valdez

  Dog, Believe, Cat

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• The trouble with sharing one's bed with cats is that they'd rather sleep on you than beside you.

  Pam Brown

  Sleep, Cat, Bed

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• I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.

  Jules Verne

  Believe, Cat, Earth

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude.

  Champfleury

  Cat, Perfect, Littles

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