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There’s a Mexican saying: “Show me who you’re with, and I’ll tell you who you are.” It's from Spain

konart 3y ago
I think most of the proverbs can be found in different languages in similar forms. But with nuances. The russian saying is similar: "С кем поведёшься, от того и наберёшься" (literally: "You learn from the people you take up with"). One way to same the same thing is "a man is known by the company he keeps", but the best english equivalent would be: "You lie with dogs, you wake up with fleas"
- fixthisplz 3y ago
  Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres We also have Cría cuervos y te comerán los ojos In case you want to warn of dangerous acquaintances https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/refranero/ficha.aspx?Par=58521&Lng=0#:~:text=Dime%20con%20quién%20andas%20y%20te%20diré%20quién%20eres.,personas%20con%20quienes%20se%20junte https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/refranero/ficha.aspx?Par=585....
- adhesive_wombat 3y ago
  So maye much be spyed also, by the company and pastyme that he useth. (Heinrich Bullinger, 1541, translated to English by Bishop Myles Coverdale). Though surely the idea goes back to antiquity and someone like Seneca would have something to say about it (but not in English)!
  - samstave 3y ago
    This is an amazing prescient quote of the current state of employee monitoring, and its 500 years old.
w4lker 3y ago
I thought it was from Brazil
- Zecc 3y ago
  And I thought it was be from Portugal, but when I read it's from Spain I adjusted to "from Iberia". But now someone else mentioned Italy. I wouldn't be surprised if it traces its roots to ancient Rome or Greece.
samstave 3y ago
"No, the spainards came and fucked all the Mayans and turned them into Mexicans" -- Frank Reynolds
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toyg 3y ago
"Dimmi con chi vai e ti dirò chi sei" in Italy. (On the same subject we also have "chi va con lo zoppo impara a zoppicare", which is probably not pc-enough to safely translate these days.)
Abby0 3y ago
same in arabic: "قولي من تصاحب اخبرك من انت" translates to "tell me whose your friend and i'll tell you who you are."

I think most of the proverbs can be found in different languages in similar forms. But with nuances. The russian saying is similar: "С кем поведёшься, от того и наберёшься" (literally: "You learn from the people you take up with"). One way to same the same thing is "a man is known by the company he keeps", but the best english equivalent would be: "You lie with dogs, you wake up with fleas"

fixthisplz 3y ago
Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres We also have Cría cuervos y te comerán los ojos In case you want to warn of dangerous acquaintances https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/refranero/ficha.aspx?Par=58521&Lng=0#:~:text=Dime%20con%20quién%20andas%20y%20te%20diré%20quién%20eres.,personas%20con%20quienes%20se%20junte https://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/refranero/ficha.aspx?Par=585....
adhesive_wombat 3y ago
So maye much be spyed also, by the company and pastyme that he useth. (Heinrich Bullinger, 1541, translated to English by Bishop Myles Coverdale). Though surely the idea goes back to antiquity and someone like Seneca would have something to say about it (but not in English)!
- samstave 3y ago
  This is an amazing prescient quote of the current state of employee monitoring, and its 500 years old.

w4lker 3y ago

I thought it was from Brazil

Zecc 3y ago
And I thought it was be from Portugal, but when I read it's from Spain I adjusted to "from Iberia". But now someone else mentioned Italy. I wouldn't be surprised if it traces its roots to ancient Rome or Greece.

samstave 3y ago

"No, the spainards came and fucked all the Mayans and turned them into Mexicans" -- Frank Reynolds

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toyg 3y ago

"Dimmi con chi vai e ti dirò chi sei" in Italy. (On the same subject we also have "chi va con lo zoppo impara a zoppicare", which is probably not pc-enough to safely translate these days.)

Abby0 3y ago

same in arabic: "قولي من تصاحب اخبرك من انت" translates to "tell me whose your friend and i'll tell you who you are."