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February 19, 2014

A cat in gloves catches no mice - Proverb for February 19


The proverb for today is "A cat in gloves catches no mice" and means that you cannot get what you want by being polite and pleasant.  The idea is that as a cat needs its claws to catch mice, we need claws to get what we want. I certainly wouldn't live by this proverb although there is certainly a time and place to be more firm and demanding.

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