proverb · Words worth keeping
The kind man provides for his cat before sitting to dinner.
The kind man provides for his cat before sitting to dinner.
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
A kind person feeding a cat before their own dinner gives care for a dependent animal a place in everyday responsibility. The saying values attending to another need rather than only one’s own.
Example
Someone includes a dependent animal’s routine needs in their plans rather than remembering them only afterward.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
A responsible interpretation does not prescribe a universal feeding order or animal diet. A useful reading can discuss dependable care within actual capacity and circumstances. It does not make every delayed meal proof of unkindness or require a helper to ignore their own needs.
When to use it
Use it to discuss attentive responsibility without a care procedure.
Keep in mind
No universal feeding schedule, diet or complete kindness test is established.
An interpretation of the words, not a claim about their earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Date unknown
- Culture
- Hebrew