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.

Quote by Compton MacKenzie Sr

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For me, one of the pleasures of cats' company is their devotion to bodily comfort

For me, one of the pleasures of cats' company is their devotion to bodily comfort

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what...

Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what...

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands...

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands...

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

I always have a quotation for everything -- it saves original thinking.

I always have a quotation for everything -- it saves original thinking.

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows...

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows...

Seeing quotes and thinking, oh thank god im not the only one!

Seeing quotes and thinking, oh thank god im not the only one!

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some...

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some...

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...