"short reckonings make long friends" meaning in English

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Proverb

Forms: short accounts make long friends [alternative]
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  1. Borrowed money should be paid back as soon as possible. Translations (Translations): laina on hyvä maksaa takaisin ajoissa (Finnish), les bons comptes font les bons amis (French), чиста сметка, долга љубов (čista smetka, dolga ljubov) (Macedonian), oddaj pożyczone pieniądze jak najszybciej (Polish)

Alternative forms

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