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It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
Biographer
Essayist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Regard
Alert
Impossible
Pet
Friends
Cats
Give
Lover
Enough
Gentle
Complaisance
Giving
Cat
Discriminating
Make
Hunger
Alertness
Lovers
Banish

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