business is business

English

Etymology

Calque of French les affaires sont les affaires. After a play by Octave Mirbeau.

Phrase

business is business

business matters shouldn't be influenced by friendship or sentiment

Translations

business matters

French: les affaires sont les affaires (fr)
German: Geschäft ist Geschäft
Italian: gli affari sono gli affari
Portuguese: amigos, amigos; negócios à parte (literally “friends, friends; business aside”)
Spanish: los negocios son los negocios

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