If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
AESOPMen often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
More Aesop Quotes
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
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Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.
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It is thrifty to prepare today for wants of tomorrow.
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
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Facts speak plainer than words.
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Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.
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It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
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Labour is the source of every blessing.
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A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.
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