money does not smell

proverb

The value of money is not affected by the business it comes from, even from the most unpleasant one.

OriginLatin pecūnia nōn olet →
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Meanings

proverb

alternative money has no smell · alternative money does not stink

  1. The value of money is not affected by the business it comes from, even from the most unpleasant one.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
money does not stinkmoney has no smell

Origin

  1. Latinpecūnia nōn olet
  2. Englishmoney does not smell

Calque of Latin pecūnia nōn olet, said to be Vespasian's reply to his son Titus, who was complaining about the urine tax he had imposed.

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Translations

Arabic المَالُ لَا يَنْتِنُ
  • المَالُ لَا يَنْتِنُ (al-mālu lā yantinu)the value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Catalan els doblers no fan olor
  • els doblers no fan olorthe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Czech peníze nesmrdí
  • peníze nesmrdíthe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Dutch geld stinkt niet
  • geld stinkt nietthe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Esperanto mono odoron ne havas
  • mono odoron ne havasthe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Finnish raha ei haise
  • raha ei haisethe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
French l'argent n'a pas d'odeur
  • l'argent n'a pas d'odeurthe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
German Geld stinkt nicht
  • Geld stinkt nichtthe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Italian il denaro non puzza, il denaro non ha odore
  • il denaro non puzzathe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
  • il denaro non ha odorethe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Polish pieniądze nie śmierdzą, pieniądz nie śmierdzi
  • pieniądze nie śmierdząthe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
  • pieniądz nie śmierdzithe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Portuguese o dinheiro não tem cheiro
  • o dinheiro não tem cheirothe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Russian де́ньги не па́хнут
  • де́ньги не па́хнут (dénʹgi ne páxnut)the value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Spanish el dinero no huele, el dinero no tiene olor
  • el dinero no huelethe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
  • el dinero no tiene olorthe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Swedish pengar luktar inte
  • pengar luktar intethe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Tamil கசு மனம் இலை
  • கசு மனம் இலை (kacu maṉam ilai)the value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Turkish para kokmaz
  • para kokmazthe value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
Ukrainian гро́ші не па́хнуть
  • гро́ші не па́хнуть (hróši ne páxnutʹ)the value of money is not affected even by the most unpleasant business
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Chicago

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