Curiosity killed a cat is a proverb used to warn against being too curious lest one come to harm. Curiosity killed the cat recalls a story in which "the cat" was killed because he was too curious and followed "curiosity" too far.Cats are curious animals that like to investigate, but their curiosity can take them places where they might get hurt.Cats are notoriously curious animals. They enjoy peering into every nook and cranny and exploring. Much of this dates back thousands of years when they would search for safe places to make a 'den'. The instinct is still with them to this day. Naturally they could explore something that is dangerous, such as a live electric cable, that could kill them. Traditionally cats have nine lives and as they get into many scrapes that could kill them and escape it is an understandable mis-conception. However cats do get killed through their curiosity, many get locked in garden sheds or garages when exploring and die of starvation so in those cases curiosity really did kill the cat. The antithesis is 'but satisfaction brought it back.' I suppose if an exploring cat found what it was looking for and satisfied it's curiosity it would then retreat from the danger and not lose it's life.
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