ProverbWisdom
English origin1546
English origin1546Exchange is no robbery.
Meaning: A fair trade harms no one because both parties voluntarily accept the terms.
Origin: John Heywood's 1546 collection has "Though change be no robbery," a play of about 1590 has "Exchange is no robbery," and James Kelly's Scottish Proverbs (1721) gives "Fair exchange is no robbery," said when one takes one thing and leaves another in its place.
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