He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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This is a very wise proverb and its statement is very true. The proverb is basically telling to watch who we hang out and who we choose our friends. Then people who we surround ourselves with have an influence as to how we are. Not only does it affect the way we are but it also affects the way other people view us. If we choose to be with people who work hard and are great and choose the right, then we ourselves will become like them. In a way they are rubbing themselves on us. Same thing goes the other way around. If we surround ourselves with people who are up to no good then we will begin doing bad and illegal things. If we surround ourselves with good people than others will begin to view us as so. People will look at our friends and judge us based on them, if they are good individuals then we will be seen good and if they are bad individuals then we will be seen as bad. In the quote wise men does not mean that a person is smart, it means they re making smart decisions. In other words the wise men are choosing the right. On the other hand the fools refer to people who are making the bad decisions in life. Being a fool means that you are choosing the wrong.
Examples of this quote are quite common. If a kid grows up around people who smoke drink and do illegal things then sooner or later the said kid will become like them. If his friends get arrested than him himself will become incarcerated. That is why it always good to surround yourself with good people.

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