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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
by 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 agoDime 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 agoSo 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 agoThis is an amazing prescient quote of the current state of employee monitoring, and its 500 years old.