John Gray: Feline Philosophy

Herodotus writes that when an Egyptian house was on fire, the inhabitants were more concerned about their cats than their property. When a member of a visiting Roman delegation accidentally killed a cat in 59BC, the man was lynched despite intervention from the king. And the Egyptian sage Ankhsheshonq warned, “Do not laugh at a cat”.

 

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Fool presumptuousness

The prime fact is that all humans are puffed-up by their extreme self-satisfaction with their own brute power. Unless some creature more powerful than people arrives on earth to bully, them, there’s just no knowing to what dire lengths their fool presumptuousness will eventually carry them.

I am a cat Soseki Natsume, Book 1 p 33. (Charles E. Tuttle Co 1972)

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Committee

The arch-realist in my living room

Word of the month club: catspaw

Sleek sleepiness and spiteful deceit

Fiona McGregor: Indelible Ink

A warning from the Australian Medical Association

Thank you to the Australian Medical Association for this useful tip:

Kevin, boss cat