Stroke the dog and he will mark you with his dirty paws. ~ Albanian Proverbs
A grateful dog has more worth than an ungrateful man. ~ Arabian Proverb
By slitting the ears and cutting the tail, a dog is still a dog, not a horse, not an ass. ~ Sanskrit Proverb
A white dog does not bite another white dog. ~ Kenyan Proverb
When the hyena is gone, the dog begins to bark. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
The talker will lead the dog to the meat market. ~ Bugandan Proverb
A garden without a fence is like a dog without a tail. ~ Moroccan Proverb
The barking of a dog does not disturb the man on a camel. ~ Egyptian Proverb
“Almost a hit,” said the boy as he threw the stone at his dog and hit his stepmother’s leg. ~ Danish Proverb
Who loves me loves my dog. ~ Latin Proverb
To a dog a bone has more value than a pearl. ~ Filipino Proverb
One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him. ~ Chinese Proverb
Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand. ~ Zulu Proverb
The dog barks, the pig eats. ~ Corsican Proverb
The good dog never gets a good bone. ~ Martiniquais Proverb
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on. ~ Arabian Proverb
An old lion will be mocked by the dogs. ~ Arabian Proverb
The dog’s tail stays crooked even if he is buried for twelve years. ~ Indian Proverb
Beware of a man that does not talk and a dog that does not bark. ~ Portuguese Proverb
A dog with a bone is always in danger. ~ African Proverb
The best thing about a man is his dog. ~ French Proverb
If you must be a servant, serve the rich; if you must be a dog, let it be a temple dog. ~ Laotian Proverb
The wolf and the dog agree about the goat — which together they eat. ~ Basque Proverb
Even good dogs have fleas. ~ Russian Proverb
He who is dependant on others must make friends with the dog. ~ Japanese Proverb
A dog shows affection even to a poor family. ~ Chinese Proverb
A dog that barks all the time gets little attention. ~ Argentine Proverb
A dog that barks much is never a good hunter. ~ Traditional Proverb
No good dog barks without reason. ~ French Proverb
When a dog has money, he buys cheese. ~ Jamaican Proverb
Only thin dogs become wild. ~ Malagasy Proverb
Every dog knows his dinnertime. ~ Jamaican Proverb
No flock without dog and shepherd. ~ Turkish Proverb
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. ~ Indian Proverb
Don’t kick a sleeping dog. ~ Malagasy Proverb
The stick that breaks the window does not kill a dog. ~ Gypsy Proverb
There is no ivory in the mouth of a dog. ~ Vietnamese Proverb
The dog’s tail, even if buried for twelve years, will remain as crooked as ever. ~ Indian Proverb
The dog is a lion in his own house. ~ Iranian Proverb
The dog that wags its tail won’t be beaten. ~ Japanese Proverb
If you turn into a dog, be sure to choose a rich family. ~ Japanese Proverb
It’s the grinding of his teeth that awakes the blacksmith’s dog, not the noise of the hammer. ~ Spanish Proverb
The dog’s kennel is not the place to keep a sausage. ~ Danish Proverb
The most noble dog can only bark. ~ Traditional Proverb
Better to be a dog in peacetime that a man in wartime. ~ Chinese Proverb
If a monkey is amongst dogs, why won’t it start barking. ~ Nigerian Proverb
A living dog is better than a dead lion. ~ French Proverb
If the tail of the dog can save me, I don’t care about its stench. ~ Tunisian Proverb
Barking dogs don’t bite. ~ Dutch Proverb
It’s not the fleas of the dog that make the cat meow. ~ Chinese Proverb
An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone. ~ Danish Proverb
The moon does not care if the dog barks at it. ~ Czech Proverb
Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise. ~ Welsh Proverb
If you want to live long, be healthy and fat, drink like a dog and eat like a cat. ~ German Proverb
A dog always bites under the knee. ~ Indian Proverb
A dog returns to where he has been fed. ~ African Proverb
If you do not step on the dog’s tail, he will not bite you. ~ Cameroonian Proverb
Even a dog will not eat a leg without flesh. ~ Croatian Proverb
Better have a dog for your friend than your enemy. ~ Dutch Proverb
A dog cannot carry its puppies on its back. ~ Sudanese Proverb
Never throw the cat at the dog. ~ Netherlands Antillean Proverb
A tailless dog cannot express his joy. ~ Albanian Proverb
Beware of silent dogs and still waters. ~ Portuguese Proverb
When a dog bites you, do not bite back. ~ Thai Proverb
A hungry dog will eat his own excrement. ~ Yemeni Proverb
The dog’s bark is not might but fright. ~ Malagasy Proverb
Expect trust from a dog but not from a woman. ~ Iranian Proverb
I would rather have a dog as a friend than an enemy. ~ German Proverb
If I had a dog as daft, I would shoot him. ~ Scottish Proverb
Watch out for the dog that doesn’t bark and the man who says nothing. ~ Spanish Proverb
The old dog barks while he is sitting down. ~ Colombian Proverb
If you are married to a chicken obey the chicken. If you are married to a dog obey the dog. ~ Chinese Proverb
The dog says: “Master, my life is far too good, hurt me in the tail.” ~ Netherlands Antillean Proverb
Children aren’t dogs; adults aren’t gods.~ Haitian Proverb
Better to be a free dog than a caged lion. ~ Arabian Proverb
The more hair a dog has, the more fleas he will have. ~ Netherlands Antillean Proverb
The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~ Portuguese Proverb
When the dog is down, everyone is ready to bite him. ~ Dutch Proverb
The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on. ~ Arabian Proverb
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas. ~ Italian Proverb
A dog does not mind being called a dog. ~ African Proverb
The fool sings a love song to his wife, the wise man will talk about his dog. ~ Turkish Proverb
Timid dogs bark most. ~ German Proverb
The worst kind of dog is the one who does not want to bite. ~ Corsican Proverb
The dog will always attack the one with torn trousers. ~ Vietnamese Proverb
For every dog there is an appropriate stick. ~ Mexican Proverb
A good man, but his mad dog won’t let you speak to him. ~ Yiddish Proverb
A river is not contaminated by having a dog drink from it. ~ Afghan Proverb
The barking dog gives you no power — it gives you fear. ~ Malagasy Proverb
Dogs that fight each other will join forces against the wolf. ~ Armenian Proverb
It’s difficult to chain up an old dog. ~ French Proverb
A biting dog does not bark. ~ Korean Proverb
A dog is a man’s best friend. ~ English Proverb
Every dog is allowed one bite. ~ Traditional Proverb
Nobles and dogs leave the door open. ~ German Proverb
Do not show a stick to a dog that has been beaten. ~ Yiddish Proverb
As the dog said, “If I fall down for you and you fall down for me, it is playing.” ~ African Proverb
Conscience is the dog that can’t bite, but never stops barking. ~ Traditional Proverb
In a place without dogs they teach the cats to bark. ~ Georgian Proverb
Dogs don’t love people, they love the place where they are fed. ~ Burundi Proverb
When the poor man sets a trap only his dog gets caught. ~ Cameroonian Proverb
Do not respond to a barking dog. ~ Moroccan Proverb
A good dog deserves a good bone. ~ Traditional Proverb
It is up to the people to feed the dogs; it’s up to the Cardias to feed the Turks. ~ Kurdish Proverb
My dog slaps you with his tail and bites you with his teeth. ~ Basque Proverb
The dog that quits barking can get some sleep. ~ Traditional Proverb
Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it. ~ Traditional Proverb
The skinnier the dog, the more fleas he has. ~ German Proverb
You can hate the dog, but do not tell him that his teeth are dirty. ~ Creole Proverb (Southern U.S.)
Every dog has his day. ~ Traditional Proverb
If a man becomes powerful even his chicken and his dog go to heaven. ~ Chinese Proverb
The dog that trots about finds a bone. ~ Gypsy Proverb
All are not thieves that dogs bark at. ~ English Proverb
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas. ~ French Proverb
Why keep a dog and bark yourself? ~ Traditional Proverb
Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog, and a quarrelsome person. ~ Iranian Proverb
He who rides a camel should not be afraid of dogs. ~ Berber Proverb
An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him. ~ Danish Proverb
A dog with a bone knows no friend. ~ Dutch Proverb
The world is like carrion; those who love and eat from it are dogs. ~ Arabian Proverb
The wolf is not afraid of the dog, but he doesn’t like the sound of his barking. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Take a hair of the dog that bit you. ~ Traditional Proverb
The silent dog is the first to bite. ~ Traditional Proverb
The dog that is going to bite does not show its teeth. ~ Turkish Proverb
Your dog wishes you a long life. ~ Russian Proverb
Where there is a bone, there are dogs. ~ Martiniquais Proverb
When the wolf invites you in, you had better take your dog. ~ Syrian Proverb
A hundred men can sit together quietly but when two dogs get together there will be a fight. ~ Kurdish Proverb
For his master the dog is a lion. ~ Iranian Proverb
A dog won’t bite you if you are carrying a stick. ~ Spanish Proverb
One dog barks at something specific, and a hundred bark at the sound. ~ Chinese Proverb
Women and cats in the house, men and dogs in the street. ~ Catalonian Proverb
The dog learns to swim when the water reaches his ears. ~ Russian Proverb
There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. ~ American Proverb
The dog called “Sorrow,” without eating, will be fat in every house. ~ Japanese Proverb
A dog will not make himself look like a horse just by cutting off his tail. ~ Indian Proverb
The dog’s kennel is no place to keep a sausage. ~ Danish Proverb
He who does not feed the dog feeds the thief. ~ Chinese Proverb
If a flea had money, it would buy its own dog. ~ Jamaican Proverb
Money makes even dogs dance. ~ French Proverb
Even a weak lion is not bitten by a dog. ~ Namibian Proverb
Dog does not eat dog. ~ Traditional Proverb
Theologians, dogs, and singers always disagree. ~ Indian Proverb
The unfortunate would be bitten by toothless dogs. ~ Tibetan Proverb
He who gossips and he who listens to it deserve to be thrown to the dogs. ~ Hebrew Proverb
He who wants to talk with the dogs must learn to bark. ~ Romanian Proverb
The man who has mounted an elephant will not fear the bark of a dog. ~ Indian Proverb
A dog won’t forsake his master because of poverty; a son never deserts his mother because of her homely appearance. ~ Chinese Proverb
The dog I bought, bit me; the fire I kindled burned me. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
Every dog is a lion at home. ~ Italian Proverb
You cannot tie up a dog with a chain of sausages. ~ Jamaican Proverb
Those who sleep with dogs gets up with fleas. ~ American Proverb
When the hyena drinks, the dog can only look on. ~ Nigerien Proverb
An old dog will learn no tricks. ~ Italian Proverb
Once a man has been bitten by a lion, he buys a dog. ~ Mozambican Proverb
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. ~ Traditional Proverb
At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing. ~ Spanish Proverb
Too many calls confuse the dog. ~ African Proverb
A dog never forgets his master. ~ African Proverb
Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water. ~ Latin Proverb
A dog does not flee from a bone. ~ Irish Proverb
Beware of the dog that does not bark. ~ Portuguese Proverb
Dogs that always fight always have bleeding ears. ~ French Proverb
Stroke your dog, and he’ll spoil your clothes. ~ Dutch Proverb
He who has a dog need not bark himself. ~ Norwegian Proverb
It is the wandering dog that finds the old bone. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverb
A bachelor and a dog can do anything. ~ Polish Proverb
A hungry dog will bring a lion down. ~ Turkish Proverb
Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him. ~ Danish Proverb
He who wants to kill a dog says that he has urinated against the mosque. ~ Turkish Proverb
Stroke your dog and he will steal eggs. ~ Bantu Proverb
Let sleeping dogs lie. ~ Traditional Proverb
If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~ Russian Proverb
If you owe a dog anything, call him “sir.” ~ East Asian Proverb
A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas — a hunting dog does not feel them. ~ Chinese Proverb
So long as the wolf is captured the dog will bite his leg. ~ French Proverb
Before you beat the dog, find out the name of his master. ~ Chinese Proverb
If no one comes the dog does not bark. ~ Chinese Proverb
An old dog does not bark in vain. ~ Spanish Proverb
The fatter the flea the leaner the dog. ~ German Proverb
Be careful for deep water and dogs that do not bark. ~ Indian Proverb
If the dog leads the man, the man is blind. If the man leads the dog, the man is married. ~ Chinese Proverb
Every dog is a tiger in his own street. ~ Indian Proverb
When there is real danger, the dogs don’t bark. ~ Spanish Proverb
The gypsy church was made of pork and the dogs ate it. ~ Gypsy Proverb
Give a dog a bad name and hang him. ~ Traditional Proverb
A dog will always be a dog, even if he is raised by lions. ~ Lebanese Proverb
Better a living dog than a dead lion. ~ Traditional Proverb
Barking dogs seldom bite.~ Traditional Proverb
A dog doesn’t like bananas, but he can’t bear to think that chickens eat them. ~ Martiniquais Proverb
If you hit my dog you hit myself. ~ Irish Proverb
Barking dogs don’t catch hares. ~ Estonian Proverb
How can you expect to find ivory in a dog’s mouth? ~ Chinese Proverb
In the long run even a dog will compromise with the cat. ~ Hungarian Proverb
Every dog is a great barker at the door of his own house. ~ Arabian Proverb
A good dog does not bite a chicken and a good man does not hit his wife. ~ Chinese Proverb
If a dog bites you and you don’t bite him back, it will say that you have no teeth. ~ Sudanese Proverb
The urine of one dog will not pollute the ocean. ~ French Proverb
Love me, love my dog. ~ Traditional Proverb
If the dog barks, go in; if the bitch barks you had better stay outside. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Give a dog a tasty name and eat him. ~ Chinese Proverb
If a dog’s prayers were answered, bones would rain from the skies. ~ German Proverb
A dog with many masters, dies of starvation. ~ Surinamese Proverb
Dust does not rise because a dog-flea hops. ~ Myanmar Proverb
The loudest bark rids not a dog of his fleas. ~ Traditional Proverb
Dogs cannot make dreams come true — people must do that. ~ Lithuanian Proverb
The barking of the dogs will not disturb the clouds. ~ Berber Proverb
If you’re out to beat a dog, you’re sure to find a stick. ~ Yiddish Proverb
The barking of dogs does not reach heaven. ~ Sicilian Proverb
The greatest love is a mother’s; then a dog’s; then a sweetheart’s. ~ Polish Proverb
You can’t kill a dog just to save a cat’s tail. ~ Puerto Rican Proverb
You don’t need a dog to catch a lame hare. ~ Chinese Proverb
Two dogs can kill a lion. ~ Hebrew Proverb
When money is stolen you can only beat the dog. ~ Chinese Proverb
Many dogs kill a hare, no matter how many turns it makes. ~ Hindu Proverb
Behind the dog it is “dog,” in front of it, it’s “mister dog.” ~ Jamaican Proverb
Beware of still water, a still dog, and a still enemy. ~ Yiddish Proverb
If a dog offers to help you across the river, don’t ask if he is suffering from the mange. ~ Arabian Proverb
If the dog is not at home, he barks not. ~ Senegalese Proverb
The wolf is not afraid of the sheepdog, but he is of his chain. ~ Russian Proverb
Beat one dog and the others will run away. ~ African Proverb
A dog by your side is better than a brother miles away. ~ Iranian Proverb
There are more chains than mad dogs. ~ Austrian Proverb
Dogs have teeth in all countries. ~ Dutch Proverb
A house without a dog, a cat, or a little child is a house without joy or laughter. ~ Scottish Proverb
An old dog can’t get used to chains. ~ Russian Proverb
Quotations about Dogs
It’s a dangerous dog that doesn’t bark. ~ Kobo Abe
Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won’t buy the wag of his tail. ~ Josh Billings
Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window. ~ Steve Bluestone
The dog is a yes-animal, very popular with people who can’t afford to keep a yes-man. ~ Robertson Davies
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. ~ Alexander Pope
The world was conquered through the understanding of dogs; the world exists through the understanding of dogs. ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
If your dog doesn’t like someone, you probably shouldn’t either. ~ Author Unknown
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around. ~ Will Rogers
Dogs are voiceless … a critical part of having dogs is emotional responsibility: learning how to understand them and, when necessary, to speak and act on their behalf. ~ Jon Katz
Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage. ~ Agnes Repplier
Happiness is a warm puppy. ~ Charles M. Schulz
Weak dogs become bones for other, stronger dogs. ~ Tad Williams
Dogs are miracles with paws. ~ Susan Kennedy
Every dog must have his day. ~ Jonathan Swift
The biggest dog has been a pup. ~ Joaquin Miller
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. ~ Gilda Radner
A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk. ~ O.A. Battista
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. ~ Josh Billings
Do not disturb the sleeping dog. ~ Allessandro Allegri
His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest. ~ Thomas Campbell
Dogs are obsessed with being happy. ~ James Thurber
I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it’s a man or a dog; they’re the best for everyday. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear. ~ Dave Barry
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his. ~ James Thurber
The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs. ~ Alphonse Toussenel
Dogs are one of the luxuries of civilization: in uncivilized life they are perhaps more one of the necessities. ~ H. W. Shaw
Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on. ~ Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
A dog can express more with his tail in seconds than his owner can express with his tongue in hours. ~ Author Unknown
The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.~ Quintus Curtius Rufus
If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise. ~ Author Unknown
A dog wags its tail with its heart. ~ Martin Buxbaum
The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. ~ Mme. de Staël
Dogs are everything we wish we were. ~ Bradley Trevor Greive & Rachael Hale
Gentlemen of the Jury: The one, absolute, unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. ~ George Graham Vest
They are better than human beings, because they know but do not tell. ~ Emily Dickinson
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. ~ Robert Benchley
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. ~ Andy Rooney
The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the dog. ~ Joussenel
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am. ~ Author Unknown
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s. ~ Mark Twain
The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery. ~ Thorstein Veblen
Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate in their object-relations. ~ Sigmund Freud
Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer. ~ Leo Rosten
The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go. ~ Winston Churchill
No one … appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as a dog does. ~ Christopher Morley
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog. ~ Dwight David Eisenhower
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. ~ Ambrose Bierce
If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one. ~ Andy Rooney
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. ~ Alfred North Whitehead
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. ~ Bible
Both humans and dogs love to play well into adulthood, and individuals from both species occasionally display evidence of having a conscience. ~ Jon Winokur
With the exception of women, there is nothing on earth so agreeable or necessary to the comfort of man as the dog. ~ Edward Jesse
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring–it was peace. ~ Milan Kundera
The noblest of all dogs is the hot dog; it feeds the hand that bites it. ~ Evan Esar
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. ~ Woodrow Wilson
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. ~ Author Unknown
Dogs are easy. If their tails are up and their eyes are soft, you’re in. ~ Paula Mclain
Man is a dog’s idea of what God should be. ~ Holbrook Jackson
Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. ~ Roger Caras
The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. ~ Samuel Butler
One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you’re feeling blue is that he doesn’t try to find out why. ~ Author Unknown
Who loves me will love my dog also. ~ Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
They never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation. ~ Jerome K. Jerome
Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend. ~ Corey Ford
I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. ~ Will Rogers
When a man’s best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. ~ Edward Abbey
Dogs are just wolves in sheep’s clothing. ~ Stanley Coren
The dog is the only animal that leaves his own species to take up his abode with man. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland. ~ Josh Billings
Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot. ~ Konrad Zacharias Lorenz
Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. ~ Franklin P. Jones
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. ~ Aldous Huxley
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog. ~ Edward Hoagland
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day. ~ Charles Kingsley
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. ~ Bernard Williams
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. ~ Groucho Marx
When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism! ~ David Starr Jordan
Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job. ~ Franklin P. Jones
A dog is not “almost human” and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such. ~ John Holmes
Every boy who has a dog should also have a mother, so the dog can be fed regularly. ~ Evan Esar
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. ~ Charles Andre Joseph de Gaulle
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Hi, could you please help me with this proverb? “If you want to live long, be healthy and fat, drink like a dog and eat like a cat.” Source: https://proverbicals.com/dogs I’m German but I don’t know this proverb. Could you give me the source of this proverb please? I was sent this proverb by American friends. However, even they could not explain why being “fat” makes us live long. Can you? Best wishes, Rainer
Hi, could you please help me with this proverb? “If you want to live long, be healthy and fat, drink like a dog and eat like a cat.”
Source: https://proverbicals.com/dogs
I’m German but I don’t know this proverb. Could you give me the source of this proverb please? I was sent this proverb by American friends. However, even they could not explain why being “fat” makes us live long. Can you?
Best wishes,
Rainer