Quote by Matthew Arnold
Cruel, but composed and bland,Dumb, inscrutable and grand,

Cruel, but composed and bland,
Dumb, inscrutable and grand,
So Tiberius might have sat,
Had Tiberius been a cat. – Matthew Arnold

Other quotes by Matthew Arnold

Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore. – Matthew Arnold

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Hope
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Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines and Populace; and America is just ourselves with the Barbarians quite left out, and the Populace nearly. – Matthew Arnold

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America
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Other Quotes from
Cats
category

There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast. – Author Unknown

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Cats

If he is comic, it is only because of the incongruity of so demure a look and so wild a heart. – Alan Devoe

Category:
Cats

Although all cat games have their rules and rituals, these vary with the individual player. The cat, of course, never breaks a rule. If it does not follow precedent, that simply means it has created a new rule and it is up to you to learn it quickly if you want the game to continue. – Sidney Denham

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Cats

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. – Mark Twain

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Cats

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Ive always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Hordens animations. – Stephen Fry

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respect

In the beginning there was the word. The word was Jah. The word is in I, Jah is in I. I make what is good, better, and what is better, best. I follow this in every aspect of life. – Peter Tosh

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A mans own self is his friend. A mans own self is his foe. – Bhagavad Gita

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