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A cat may look like a king.

It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature nine lives instead of one.

Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!

Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know, Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat. Therefore what does that signify to me?"

Confound the cats! All cats--alway-- Cats of all colours, black, white, grey; By night a nuisance and by day-- Confound the cats!

The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.

What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish?

The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet.

His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.

Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice.

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.

Cats are designated friends.

Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!

Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect.

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.

If cats could talk, they wouldn't.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.