"I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through" — Jules-Gabriel Verne

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings

I am swimming in dishonor like a fish in water

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living

Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

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