A Diversion - Especially for the Cat Lovers

Hippolyte Taine:

" J'ai beaucoup étudié les philosophes et les chats. La sagesse des chats est infiniment supérieure."

(Roughly translates as: "I have extensively studied philosophers and cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.")

An agreeable sentiment but I'm not sure that the image below supports M. Taine's hypothesis...

Source: here

A Holiday Show for Cat Lovers Everywhere

Source: here

Well, I said that I am a cat lover! Here's the original and best Cartoon Cat: Felix

I roared with laughter and I am sure that you will too.

Hooked? Here's a link to the blog of someone who is obviously a big fan; plenty of FELIX films there.

Cats & Michel de Montaigne - Erratum

Picture by xgianaxandxnick

I have been taken to task by CM, over the error in the French of the de Montaigne quotation that I posted yesterday.

CM directed me to a link that lists many famous French cat quotations including of course this one. My excuse is that I copied the quote directly from The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. I thought at the the time that "...joue à mon chat" was a bit strange, thinking that "avec" would be better, but I have enormous trouble with French prepositions so did not feel in a position to challenge it!

So once again:

" Quand je joue avec mon chat , qui sait s'il ne s'amuse pas plus de moi que je le fais de lui ?"

(When I play with my cat, who knows whether he isn’t amusing himself with me more than I am with him?)

Des bons mots?

" Quand je joue avec mon chat , qui sait s'il ne s'amuse pas plus de moi que je le fais de lui ?."















I have already indicated that there will be occasional departures from this blog's raison d'être, and today offer something feline and French...

(When I play with my cat, who knows whether he isn’t amusing himself with me more than I am with him?)

Michel de Montaigne 1533 - 1592