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Mark Twain Quotes

Mark Twain quotes about cat

American Author, Writer November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910

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Mark Twain quote: "When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without..."
When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. Mark Twain
Then the cow asked:"What is a mirror?"It is a hole in the wall," said the cat. "You look in it, and there you see the picture, and it is so dainty and charming and ethereal and inspiring in its unimaginable beauty that your head turns round and round, and you almost swoon with ecstasy. Mark Twain
One must make allowances for a parental instinct that has been starving for twenty-five or thirty years. It is famished, it is crazed with hunger by that time, and will be entirely satisfied with anything that comes handy; its taste is atrophied, it can't tell mud cat from shad. A devil born to a young couple is measurably recognizable by them as a devil before long, but a devil adopted by an old couple is an angel to them, and remains so, through thick and thin. Mark Twain
a person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful. Mark Twain
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. Mark Twain
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again and that is well but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. Mark Twain
If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. Mark Twain
Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use. Mark Twain
Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat. Mark Twain
A home without a cat? and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat? may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title? Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be..."
A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only..."
The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie..."
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can..."
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Twain
Mark Twain quote: "If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot..."
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way. Mark Twain

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