“I loathe the urchin's cruelty to the cat, but I will not loathe the urchin. I loathe Hitler's mass-torturing, but not Hitler; and the money-man's heartlessness, but not the man. I love the swallow's flight, and I love the swallow; the urchin's gleam of tenderness, and the urchin.” MenHe ManMassCatCrueltyFlightTendernessLoatheGleamHeartlessness Author:Olaf Stapledon
“The dog is guided by kindly instinct to the man or woman whose heart is open to his advances. The cat often leaves the friend who courts her, to honor, or to harass, the unfortunate mortal who shudders at her unwelcome caresses.” MenHeartDogHe ManHonorCatCourtInstinctMortalsUnfortunateCaressUnwelcome Author:Agnes Repplier
“A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.” MenBeliefBlackDarkRoomsHe ManCatBlindPhilosopherSuperstitionsTheologianBlind ManDark RoomBlack Cat Author:Laurence J. Peter
“It is evident, from their method of propagation, that a couple of cats, in fifty years, would stock a whole kingdom; and if that religious veneration were still paid them, it would, in twenty more, not only be easier in Egypt to find a god than a man, which Petronius says was the case in some parts of Italy; but the gods must at last entirely starve the men, and leave themselves neither priests nor votaries remaining.” IfsMenYearsStillsWholeLastsReligiousCasesHe ManCoupleEasierCatPaidTwentiesMethodKingdomsFiftyPriestsEvidentEgyptVenerationPropagation Book:A Dissertation on the Passions: The Natural History of Religion : a Critical Edition Source: A Dissertation on the Passions: The Natural History of Religion : a Critical Edition
“When the man was disgraced and told to go away, he was allowed to ask all the animals whether any of them would come with him and share his fortunes and his life. There were only two who agreed to come entirely of their own accord, and they were the dog and the cat. And ever since then, those two have been jealous of each other, and each is for ever trying to make man choose which one he likes best. Every man prefers one or the other.” MenTryingHas BeensTwoAsksAnimalShareDogHe ManCatFortuneEvery ManLikesGoing AwayJealousAccord Book:The Plague Dogs Source: The Plague Dogs