@kittehboi curates animal-related quotes.
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Quote: Lewis Carroll on Cats
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…
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Quote: John Steinbeck on Cats
Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys?— John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
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Quote: Oliver Herford On Cats
I sometimes think the Pussy-Willows greyAre Angel Kittens who have lost their way,And every Bulrush on the river bankA Cat-Tail from some lovely Cat astray.— Oliver Herford, The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten
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Quote: Napoleon Bonaparte on Dogs
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Quote: Elyria on Cats
In the small cathedral of muscle and instinct,the hind limbs do not strike—they harvest.Not in anger, but in memory of a huntwritten long before the first house was built.― Elyria
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Quote: H.P. Lovecraft on Cats
Through all this horror my cat stalked unperturbed. Once I saw him monstrously perched atop a mountain of bones, and wondered at the secrets that might lie behind his yellow eyes.— H.P. Lovecraft, The Rats in the Walls
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Quote: Napoleon Bonaparte on Horses
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Quote: Napoleon Bonaparte on Dogs
Here, Gentlemen, a dog teaches us a lesson in humanity.— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Quote: Julia Child on Cats
As Therese Asche used to say “A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine.”— Julia Child, “My Life in France“
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Quote: Tran Thien Khiem on Cats and Dogs
Dogs may have kept us company on the hunt, but it was the cats who insisted we invent houses and discover fire.— Tran Thien Khiem
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