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Every one of these is about a cat, and every one of them describes something that happens in this house daily. Tap the arrows to flip through, or read the notes underneath for why each one lands.
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.”
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
“Way down deep, we are all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.”
“Cats choose us; we do not own them.”
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.”
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.”
Why these hold up
Terry Pratchett on cats remembering they were gods. Minnie Mouse positions herself between me and the monitor and holds eye contact until I acknowledge her. This is not a joke quote, it is a field observation.
Leonardo da Vinci on the smallest feline being a masterpiece. Watch a cat land after a bad jump and correct mid-air. The engineering is genuinely absurd.
Ernest Hemingway on emotional honesty. A cat that does not want to be held tells you instantly. There is no polite version. It is the most useful thing about living with them.
Jim Davis on cats having the courage to live by their urges. Luna runs full speed into a wall at 3am because the urge arrived. No deliberation. Some days that looks like wisdom.
James Herriot on cats being connoisseurs of comfort. Stripes finds the single warmest square inch in any room within about ninety seconds. He has never been wrong. This is the whole reason the heated bed is the most-used object in the house.
The full list
In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
Terry Pratchett
The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
Leonardo da Vinci
Time spent with cats is never wasted.
Sigmund Freud
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
Albert Schweitzer
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
Ernest Hemingway
Way down deep, we are all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.
Jim Davis
Cats choose us; we do not own them.
Kristin Cast
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
Jean Cocteau
I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.
Hippolyte Taine
Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.
James Herriot
The cats these remind me of
Four of them, four completely different arguments for why the quotes above are accurate. Meet Minnie Mouse, Stripes, Penelope and Luna, or read Feline Facts with Penelope for the science behind the behavior.
Watch it on YouTube
The Complete History of Cats: 10
Feline Facts, product tests on camera, and the four cats being themselves.
