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Famous quotes containing the words hunting mice, house, hunting and/or mice:

    I and Pangur Ban, my cat,
    ‘Tis a like task we are at;
    Hunting mice is his delight,
    Hunting words I sit all night.
    Unknown. Pangur Bÿn (l. 1–4)

    When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte,
    As every child can tell,
    The House of Peers, throughout the war,
    Did nothing in particular,
    And did it very well:
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    The man that once did sell the lion’s skin
    While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    The best laid schemes o’ mice and men Gang aft agley;
    An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy!
    Robert Burns (1759–1796)