Friday, April 26, 2013

Quote of the Day (Mark Twain, on Cats)



"A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime."—Mark Twain, Notebook, 1895

Well, if that’s the case, then, I’d say, we’d have to call this young male tabby cat Moriarty—short for Professor Moriarty. You remember that Moriarty, right? He was Sherlock Holmes’ archenemy, the one described by the great detective, in “The Adventure of the Final Problem,” as “The Napoleon of Crime.”

And so you see it here, in these eyes that don’t miss a trick…

“Cat burglar” is the least of what he could become…

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