"I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes."
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"It was a day as different from other days as dogs are from cats and both of them from chrysanthemums or tidal waves or scarlet fever."
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"Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience."
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"The cat always leaves a mark on his friend."
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"Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat"
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"When the man was disgraced and told to go away, he was allowed to ask all the animals whether any of them would come with him and share his fortunes and his life. There were only two who agreed to come entirely of their own accord, and they were the dog and the cat. And ever since then, those two have been jealous of each other, and each is for ever trying to make man choose which one he likes best. Every man prefers one or the other."
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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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"She [Alice] went on "And how do you know that you're mad?" "To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?" "I suppose so," said Alice. "Well, then," the Cat went on, "you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags it's tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.""
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"On tour I'm finding out that I am half gypsy, 40% vagabond, and 10 house cat."
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"A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats."
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"A cat's meow and cow's moo, I can recite them all."
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"If you want to write, keep cats."
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"My relationship with cats has saved me from a deadly and pervasive ignorance."
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"The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by the mice. One bite of the cat does more damage to the cheese than twenty mice can do."
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"I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'."
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"It often happens that a man develops a deeper love and friendship with his pet cat or dog than he does with most of the other humans in his life."
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""All right", said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone."
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"It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that whatever you say to them, they always purr."
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"You can manicure a cat but can you caticure a man?"
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"He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail."
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