/ · 1894 Brewer’s · T · Two of a Trade never agree
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The French say, Fin contre fin nʹest bon à faire doublure—i.e. Two materials of the same nature never unite well together.
“Eʹen a beggar sees with woe
A beggar to the house-door go.”
Greek: “Kai ptõchos ptõcho phthonei.” (Hesiod.)
Latin: “Etiam mendĭcus mendico invidit.” “Figŭlus figulo invidet, faber fabro” (“Potter envies potter, and smith smith”).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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