Weight and measure take away strife.
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.
- 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.
- Dog does not eat dog.
- 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.
- Lovers' tiffs are harmless.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
French
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Quitte à quitte et bons amis.
Even if it means leaving good friends.
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Il faut racheter l' argent prêté.
We have to buy back the money we lent.
German
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In Geschäftssachen hört die Freundschaft auf.
In business matters, friendship ends.
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Im Pferdehandel gilt keine Freundschaft.
Friendship does not apply in the horse trade.
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Handelschaft leidet keine Freundschaft.
Trade does not suffer friendship.
Czech
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Kmotr nekmotr, z hrušky dolů.
Godfather, godfather, down from the pear tree.