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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
"No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens."— Abraham Lincoln
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Meaning of this quote
The joke contrasts visible quarrelling with the continuing closeness that produces offspring. Applied to people, it suggests that conflict does not always reveal the whole relationship.
Key takeaway:
Do not assume that visible disagreement describes an entire relationship.
Origin of the quote
A later Lincoln attribution, including a 1975 Congressional Record appearance.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe congressional reuse is more than a century after Lincoln's death. It supplies no original dated Lincoln source for the saying.
