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.

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

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.

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

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

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

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...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and...

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and...

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and...

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and...

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

A good quotation gets out the mental screwdriver and adjusts the setscrew

A good quotation gets out the mental screwdriver and adjusts the setscrew

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

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...