WIST QuotationsA quotation from P. G. Hamerton
If animals could speak as fabulists have feigned, the dog would be a blunt, blundering, outspoken, honest fellow, but the cat would have the rare talent of never saying a word too much.Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894) British artist, art critic and author.
Chapters on Animals: Dogs, Cats, and Horses, ch. 4 “Cats” (1877)
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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert - Chapters on Animals, ch. 4 "Cats" (1877) | WIST Quotations
If animals could speak as fabulists have feigned, the dog would be a blunt, blundering, outspoken, honest fellow, but the cat would have the rare talent of never saying a word too much. A variant of this shows up in Agnes Repplier, The Cat (1912): If animals could speak, the…