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If you live with the lame, says the ancient proverb, you will learn to limp; if you keep in the kitchen, you will smell of smoke; if you touch pitch, you will be defiled.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If you live with the lame, says the ancient proverb, you will learn to limp; if you keep in the kitchen, you will smell…”
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This proverb illustrates the idea that one's environment can influence behavior and morality.
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