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Cats don't caress us-they caress themselves on us.

Antoine Rivarol

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Antoine Rivarol
Age: 47 †
Born: 1753
Born: June 26
Died: 1801
Died: April 11
Aphorist
French Moralist
Journalist
Pamphleteer
Poet
Translator
Writer
Banhòus de Céser
Rivarol
Caress
Cats
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