John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8414 Bidpai John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8414 |
| AUTHOR: | Bidpai |
| QUOTATION: | It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the cat] nine lives instead of one. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Greedy and Ambitious Cat. Fable iii. |
| Note 1. See Heywood, Quotation 91. [back] |