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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel.

Matt Groening
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Humankind differs from the animals only by a little, and most people throw that away.

Confucius
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All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler
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Every dog must have his day.

Jonathan Swift
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The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.

Sir Philip Sidney
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The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others. -Saint John Chrysostom
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Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Agatha Christie
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Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses?

G. Gordon Liddy
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Cats don't like change without their consent. -Roger Caras
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If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.

Theophile Gautier
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There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Albert Schweitzer
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It is much easier to show compassions to animals. They are never wicked. -Haile Selassie
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Cats are mysterious kind of folk - there is more passing in their minds than we are aware of.

Sir Walter Scott
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There are no ordinary cats.

Sidonie Gabrielle
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Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. -Joseph Wood Krutch
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Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

Alex Haley
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When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. -James Herriot
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them.

Compton Mackenzie, Sr.
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The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.

Paula Poundstone
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Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. -Oliver Herford
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Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.

Rod Mckuen
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Ride the horse in the direction that it's going.

Werner Erhard
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It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. -Theophile Gautier
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Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

Rose F. Kennedy
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Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

Joseph Wood Krutch
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The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much. -Thornton Wilder
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A dog wags its tail with its heart.

Martin Buxbaum
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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

George Orwell
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I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her. -Ellen DeGeneres
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