Good fences make good neighbors

1. Good neighbors respect one another's property. Good farmers, for example, maintain their fences in order to keep their livestock from wandering onto neighboring farms. This proverb appears in the poem “Mending Wall,” by Robert Frost .

Example Sentences

I wonder if this is what the landowner in Robert Frost‘s poem “Mending Wall” meant when he said good fences make good neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times

You’ve heard the saying, “Good fences make good neighbors.”

From Seattle Times

“Robert Frost said good fences make good neighbors,” McCutchen said.

From Washington Post

There’s an adage that good fences make good neighbors.

From Washington Times

In this context, the novel coronavirus proved a godsend to nationalists the world over who believe that if good fences make good neighbors, a great wall is best of all.

From Salon