Fight fire with fire. 
Contra impudentem stulta est nimia ingenuitas.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Do as you would be done by.
- An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
- Bad news travels fast.
- He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.
- As the call, so the echo.
- When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war.
- He's met his match.
- Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
- Better an open enemy than a false friend.
- Two of a trade never agree.
- Hard words break no bones.
- God stays long, but strikes at last.
- Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
- Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
- Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
- A constant guest is never welcome.
- Words hurt more than swords.
- The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
- He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.
- Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir.
- Better an egg in peace than an ox in war.
- He that all men will please shall never find ease.
- Tongue breaks bone, and herself has none.
- An unbidden guest knows not where to sit.
- Call me cousin but cozen me not.
- Quarrelling dogs come halting home.
- Breed up a crow and he will tear out your eyes.
- He who will stop every man's mouth must have a great deal of meal.
- The mad dog bites his master.
- The Wise head gives in.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Like cures like.
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Knotty timber must have Sharp wedges.
- One ill word asks another.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Contra impudentem stulta est nimia ingenuitas.
Against the shameless, too much ingenuity is foolish.
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Duro nodo durus quaerendus est cuneus.
A hard wedge is to be found with a hard knot.
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Malo nodo malus quaerendus cuneus.
A bad knot is a bad wedge to be sought.
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Qualis caudex, talis cuneus.
Such a pad, such a wedge.
French
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A vilain, vilain et demi.
It's one bad day at a time.
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A rude âne, rude ânier.
A rough donkey, a rough donkeyman.
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Il n'est danger que de vilain.
There's only danger of naughtiness.
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A méchant cheval, bon éperon.
A bad horse needs a good spur.
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A bois noueux, hache affilée.
Gnarled wood, sharp axe.
German
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Auf einem groben Klotz gehört ein grober Keil.
On a rough block belongs a rough wedge.
Czech
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Na hrubý pytel hrubá záplata.
A rough patch for a rough bag.
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Na tvrdý suk tvrdého třeba klínu a palice.
For a hard bitch hard you need a wedge and a stick.
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Na hrubou díru hrubá záplata.
Rough patch over the rough hole.
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Na tvrdý špalek tvrdý klín.
A hard wedge on a hard log.
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Do hrubého dřeva hrubý cvik dáti třeba.
It is necessary to put rough wood into rough wood.
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Jaké dřevo, taký cvik.
Like wood, like exercise.