Good fences make good neighbours. 
Parietes amicitiae custodes.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Like to like.
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- Out of sight, out of mind.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dog does not eat dog.
- 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.
- Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.
- Even reckoning makes long friends.
- 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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Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge.
- A wall between preserves love.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Parietes amicitiae custodes.
The walls are the guardians of friendship.
French
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La borne sied très bien entre les champs de deux voisins.
The bollard fits perfectly between the fields of two neighbors.
German
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Zwischen Nachbars Garten ist ein Zaun gut.
Between neighbor's garden fence is good.
Czech
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Pořádek dělá přátele.
Order makes friends.
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Dobré ploty dělají dobré přátele.
Good fences make good friends.