Dog does not eat dog. 
Meaning and origin
The Latin proverb "Lupus non mordet lupum" translates to "A wolf does not bite another wolf."
This proverb emphasizes the idea that members of the same group or community should not harm each other, and instead should work together and support each other. It is a reminder to show solidarity and unity within a group, rather than turning against one another.
Wolves are known to be social animals that live in packs and work together to hunt and protect each other. The idea that wolves do not harm each other may have been used as a metaphor to encourage cooperation and mutual support among humans.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Like to like.
- Out of sight, out of mind.
- Love is blind.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Love will find out the way.
- Love me, love my dog.
- There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
- Good fences make good neighbours.
- A friend in the market is better than money in the chest.
- He gives twice who gives quickly.
- Lend your money and lose your friend.
- Old love will not be forgotten.
- Love and a cough cannot be hid.
- Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
- A burden of one's own choice is not felt.
- Old friends are better than new ones.
- In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; in time of adversity, not one amongst twenty.
- Love cannot be compelled.
- There is honour among thieves.
- Every cook praises his own broth.
- He that has a full purse never wanted a friend.
- Hawks will not pick out hawks' eyes.
- Even reckoning makes long friends.
- Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.
- All one's geese are swans.
- Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.
- The bird loves her nest.
- Small gifts keep friendship alive.
- Weight and measure take away strife.
- Lovers' tiffs are harmless.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Wolf does not eat wolf.
- One thief will not rob another.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Lupus non mordet lupum.
The wolf does not bite a wolf.
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Canis caninam non est.
A dog is not a dog.
French
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Les loups ne se mangent pas entre eux.
Wolves don't eat each other.
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Un loup ne mange point l'autre.
One wolf doesn't eat the other.
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Corsaires contre corsaires font rarement leurs affaires.
Privateers against privateers rarely do business.
German
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Ein Wolf frißt den anderen nicht.
One wolf does not eat another.
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Der Wolf ist vor Wölfen sicher.
The wolf is safe from wolves.
Czech
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Pes psu blechy vybírá.
The dog is picking the fleas out of the dog.
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Pes psa nekouše.
The dog doesn't bite the dog.
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Vlk vlka nežere.
The wolf does not eat the wolf.
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Vlk vlka neruje.
The wolf does not cry wolf.
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Pes psu brat.
A dog's brother.