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# {{lb|en|humorous}} A [[dog]] will always aim to [[please]] and [[display]] [[loyalty]] to its [[owner]], whereas a [[cat]] will always seek to be [[served]] and [[obeyed]]. |
# {{lb|en|humorous}} A [[dog]] will always aim to [[please]] and [[display]] [[loyalty]] to its [[owner]], whereas a [[cat]] will always seek to be [[served]] and [[obeyed]]. |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|title=The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats A Journey Into the Feline Heart|author=Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson|passage=Somebody once quipped that only '''dogs have masters; cats have staff'''!}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|title=The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats A Journey Into the Feline Heart|author=Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson|passage=Somebody once quipped that only '''dogs have masters; cats have staff'''!}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|title=Book Lust - Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason|author=Nancy Pearl|passage=Sneaky Pie Brown, coauthor with Rita Mae Brown of a series of mysteries (including Catch as Cat Can and Claws and Effect), once opined, "'''Dogs have masters, cats have staff'''."}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|title=Living a Dog's Life, Jazzy, Juicy, and Me|author=Cindy Adams|passage=It was suggsted I get a cat. This was not for me. '''Dogs have masters, cats have staff'''.}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|title=Living a Dog's Life, Jazzy, Juicy, and Me|author=Cindy Adams|passage=It was suggsted I get a cat. This was not for me. '''Dogs have masters, cats have staff'''.}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2015|title=Cats I Have Loved|author=Sara Munson Deats, Conrad Gordon Deats|passage=A wit once joked, "'''Dogs have masters, cats have staff'''." This adage aptly described Loki, but certainly neither Sheba nor Tinker.}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2015|title=Cats I Have Loved|author=Sara Munson Deats, Conrad Gordon Deats|passage=A wit once joked, "'''Dogs have masters, cats have staff'''." This adage aptly described Loki, but certainly neither Sheba nor Tinker.}} |
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Revision as of 22:12, 17 May 2024
English
Proverb
dogs have masters, cats have staff
- (humorous) A dog will always aim to please and display loyalty to its owner, whereas a cat will always seek to be served and obeyed.
- 2002, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats A Journey Into the Feline Heart:
- Somebody once quipped that only dogs have masters; cats have staff!
- 2003, Nancy Pearl, Book Lust - Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason:
- Sneaky Pie Brown, coauthor with Rita Mae Brown of a series of mysteries (including Catch as Cat Can and Claws and Effect), once opined, "Dogs have masters, cats have staff."
- 2007, Cindy Adams, Living a Dog's Life, Jazzy, Juicy, and Me:
- It was suggsted I get a cat. This was not for me. Dogs have masters, cats have staff.
- 2015, Sara Munson Deats, Conrad Gordon Deats, Cats I Have Loved:
- A wit once joked, "Dogs have masters, cats have staff." This adage aptly described Loki, but certainly neither Sheba nor Tinker.