"Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries?"
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"Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage?"
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"I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream."
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"You have learned enough to see that cats are much like you and me."
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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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"What is the cat?" he exclaimed. "It is a corrective. God, having made the mouse, said, 'I've made a blunder.' And he made the cat. The cat is the erratum of the mouse. The mouse, plus the cat, Is the revised and corrected proof of creation."
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"They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?""
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"They say the test of [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?" And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot."
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"King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to a good man, they say."
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"It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family effort goes into selecting one at the start ("She looks like a Winnifred to me"), and the as the years roll by it suddenly finds itself being called Meepo or Ratbag."
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"Consider the situation. There you are, forehead like a set of balconies, worrying about the long-term effects of all this new 'fire' stuff on the environment, you're being chased and eaten by most of the planet's large animals, and suddenly tiny versions of one of the worst of them wanders into the cave and starts to purr."
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"Cats don't hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don't, so that's all right."
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"Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats out of the garden was to have one yourself. A moment's rational thought here will spot the slight flaw in this reasoning."
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"In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious."
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"Scalded cats fear even cold water."
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"There's kind of a toll you have to pay with a cat; if you don't pet her for 10 minutes she'll bother you for six hours."
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"My job is to make the players I'm playing with better. I'm going to be the cat that does a lof of the other things.'"
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"But I know what I like.' She smiled, and et the cat drop to the floor. 'It's like Tiffany's,'she said. 'Not that I give a hoot about jewellery. Diamonds, yes. But it's tacky to wear diamonds before you're forty; and even that's risky."
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"Dogs will eat till they die. Cats will leave food in the dish, incomprehensible to a dog."
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"If you think cat food is for cats, how come it doesn't come in mouse flavor?"
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