Cat Proverbs Page 1 "You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats." - Colonial proverb "In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." - English proverb "Beware of people who dislike cats." - Irish proverb "An old cat will not learn how to dance." - Moroccan Proverb "After dark all cats are leopards." - Native American Proverb A cat may look at a king. - English Proverb Happy owner, happy cat. Indifferent owner, reclusive cat. - Chinese Proverb A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays. - English Proverb "Happy is the home with at least one cat" - Italian Proverb "The cat was created when the lion sneezed" - Arabian Proverb "Curiosity killed the cat, Satisfaction brought it back!" - English Proverb "Books and cats and fair-haired little girls make the best furnishing for a room" - French Proverb "I gave an order to a cat, and the cat gave it to its tail" - Chinese Proverb "Cats, flies and women are ever at their toilets" - French Proverb "The dog for the man, the cat for the woman" - English Proverb "Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, and the judge of words, and the president of the sovereign chiefs and the governor of the holy Circle; thou art indeed...the Great Cat." - Inscription on the Royal Tombs at Thebes "The cat who frightens the mice away is as good as the cat who eats them" - German proverb "A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope" - Arab Proverb "A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat" - Ethiopian proverb "Ye shall not possess any beast, my dear sisters, except only a cat." - The Ancren Riewle (Nun's Rule) "The cat is nature's Beauty." - French Proverb "When rats infest the Palace a lame cat is better than the swiftest horse." - Chinese Proverb All cats look gray in the dark. A cat has nine lives. When the cat is away the mice will play. The cat is honest when the meat is out of her reach. It takes a good many mice to kill a cat. A cornered cat becomes as fierce as a lion. If you don't feed the cats you must feed the rats. Wanton kittens make sober cats. The cat is a good friend but she scratches. A cat may look on a king. There are many ways of skinning a cat. Cat Proverbs Page 2 © 2001 - present. Australian Media Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Please read our Legal Statement and Privacy Policy.