Phrase Type:
Proverb
Origin Local:
Greece
Originator: The Playwright
Euripides
Play:
Phoenissae
Common Form: "A man is known by the company he keeps."
Original Form: "Every man is like the company he is
wont to keep."
Other Forms: "
As a man is, so is his company."
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