Quote by George Mikes
You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because ca

You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. – George Mikes

Other quotes by George Mikes

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. – George Mikes

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Knowledge
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The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labor bore fruit. – George Mikes

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Coffee (or Tea)
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On the Continent people have good food in England people have good table manners. – George Mikes

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Food
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Cats
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I pet her and she pays me back in purrs. – Terri Guillemets

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Cats

The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away. – E.W. Howe

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Cats

My cat speaks sign language with her tail. – Robert A. Stern

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Cats

Time spent with cats is never wasted. – May Sarton

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Cats

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