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who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl en · X

Etymology

Often attributed to Will Graves.

Meanings

1. A person tends to acquire the characteristics of those with whom they associate.
   • Believe it or not but you one way or another have the same bad aspects in your personality. “Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl” is said for a reason. 2015, A. Joy Lee, Success inside you:
   • Do not associate with a person who is malicious, selfish, or unkind As people say, “Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl." 2015, Yukiko Inoue-Smith, A Jungle Named Academia: Approaches to Self-Development and Growth, →ISBN:
   • Do not associate with a person who is malicious, selfish, or unkind As a proverb goes, “Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl” (in other words, “If you touch vermillion, you will become of the same color”). 2012, Yukiko Inoue-Smith, A Shawl of Mist: Tanka, →ISBN:

Forms

Relateds

a man is known by the company he keeps

Synonyms

if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows · if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas

Translations (4)

cmn 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 (Translations) · fi seura tekee kaltaisekseen (Translations) · ja 朱に交われば赤くなる (Translations) · yue 臭罌出臭草 /臭罂出臭草 (Translations)