The cat is one of the most fascinating and loved animals by man, so much so that it is often the main character of quotes and aphorisms by great authors for its qualities and its aura of mystery. We have selected and collected some of the most interesting maxims dedicated to this wonderful feline. Curious to discover them?
Cats vs dogs: quotes for those who belong to the cats team
The dog can be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.
(French proverb)
If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
(Mark Twain)
Dogs remember faces, cats remember places.
(English proverb)
I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are too good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.
(Lucy Maud Montgomery)
Dogs see us as gods, horses as their fellows and cats as subjects.
(Anonymous)
The relationship between cats and humans is undoubtedly unique and unparalleled, when you win the trust of a cat, he will be there forever.
Time spent with cats is never wasted.
(Sigmund Freud)
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
(Michel De Montaigne)
If you want to know the character of a man, find out what his cat thinks of him.
(Proverb)
It is a very distinct tribute to be chosen as the friend and confidant of a cat.
(H. P. Lovecraft)
Never trust a man who doesn’t like cats.
(Anonymous)
Once a cat has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! It will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or sadness.
(Théophile Gautier)
Comic and funny quotes about cats
Are you looking for funny and ironic but at the same time deeply truthful phrases about cats? Here are quotes and aphorisms taken from films, songs and interviews with great poets.
A cat loses hair only in the presence of allergic people.
(Garfield – Garfield: The Movie)
Cats instinctively know when their owner will wake up, so they can wake him up ten minutes earlier.
(Garfield – Garfield: The Movie)
A cat allows you to sleep on the bed. On the edge.
(Jenny De Vries)
Dogs have masters. Cats have staff.
(Bilbo Baggins – The Lord of the Rings)
I was told that domestication with cats is very difficult. It’s not true. Mine tamed me in a couple of days.
(Bill Dana)
One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.
(Pam Brown)