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Quotations
On Associates
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- Be not
deceived: evil communications
corrupt good manners.—1 Corinthians 15:20.
- He who
comes from the kitchen
smells of its smoke; he who adheres to a sect has something of its
cant;
the college air pursues the student, and dry inhumanity him who herds
with
literary pedants.—Lavater.
- He
that
walketh with wise men
shall be wise.—Solomon.
- If you
always live with those
who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp.—From the Latin.
- If men
wish to be held in esteem,
they must associate with those only who are estimable.—La
Bruyère.
- Be
very
circumspect in the choice
of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more
pleasure;
in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the
best in the company is the way to grow worse; the best means to grow
better
is to be the worst there.—Quarles.
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- A
companion of fools shall be
destroyed.—Proverbs 13:20.
- Choose
the
company of your superiors
whenever you can have it.—Lord Chesterfield.
- I set
it
down as a maxim, that
it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters,
intellectual
and social.—Thackeray.
- Keep
good
company, and you shall
be of the number.—George Herbert.
- It is
best
to be with those
in time that we hope to be with in eternity.—Fuller.
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