People judge you by the companions you keep 
Steve , Spokane, Washington
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I think he meant,that a mean person will make his friends mean. I also think it could mean that a sick person could make his friend sick. 
Joe P. , Eldon MO
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If you are rotten to your friends, your friends will become rotten or you will have no friends. 
Adam and Mike , Suffern, New York
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Don't be a trouble maker. 
Gabriel Dominguez , El Paso, Te3xas
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I think he meant if you hang with bad people you will soon be like them!
 So watch who YOU hang with and what YOU do! 
Stephanie , New Jersey
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Don't get in with bad people. 
Molly , Arkansas
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If someone bad is around good people then good people turn bad. 
Rozalind Jones , Orrville Jr. High
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Ben probably ment: If you associate with wise people you will become wise. 
If you associate with slippery ones you will become slippery, regardless 
of the amount of will power you have!! BEWARE!! 
Angelo , Drums,PA
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If you're with a bad crowd you'll become bad too, so watch who 
you're hanging with. 
Lynsey Shaak , ELCO Middle School-Myerstown PA
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How you treat people, is how people will treat you 
Shannon , Virginia,Il.
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Some friends can be a bad influence on their friends 
Josephine McKean  , Philadelphia
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if you hang with kids who are bad people will think your bad 
Matt m. , W.C.E.S. Waynesburg,PA
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think good of yourself and your companion will think good of you 
Elizabeth , vernon
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if you hang around someone rude, people think you are. 
Ryan , Greenwich
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Never spend time with fools they will make a fool out of you. 
Rachel , rgfihj@alltel.net
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The miserable person spoils his friend's attitude 
Rob Gerlach , Highland Elementary, 4th Grade, Abington, PA
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he's speaking maybe on marriage and that a mean-spirited person smothers 
the goodness of a spouse 
B.Dwight Foster , astronautiks@hotmail.com
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If someone is with a bad influence then they will turn bad. 
Robert Nasuti , ELCO Middleschool Myerstown PA.
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DON'T LET A CRABBY PERSON BOTHER YOU. 
BETSY , FOUNDERS MEMORIAL SCHOOL
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Mean people spoil others as well. 
Tammy and Cecilia , Belmont, CA
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Don't eat rotten fruit 
Lauren and Leslie , Belmont
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If one person has a negative attitude and the other has a good attitude, the preson with the bad attitude will ruboff on the person with the good attitude 
Elizabeth Krebs and Erin Sheehan , NDHS CA
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WHEN U R IN A BAD MOOD U RUIN EVERYONE ELSE'S DAY 
RIN & PEFFIE , WESTSIDEE!!!
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WHEN ONE PERSON IS BAD, THEY CAN GREATLY INFLUENCE THE
 PERSON THEY ARE CLOSE TO. 
Tamara , Nebraska 
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being not wanted 
Robert , Wheeler Elementary Syracuse NY
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Being bad you won't have any friends. 
Ryan/Maria , OakBrook school WoodDale IL.
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If you are friends with a bad or corrupt person, you will become that way. 
Emily 14 homeschool , Pampa Texas
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You are who you hang around with. 
Norman  , Austin, TX
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CHOOSE YOUR COMPANY WELL. 
David Ross , Dallas, Texas
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Attitudes are contagious. Which do you wanna catch?
Amy Sturgis , Fort Mill, South Carolina
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What you do affects your peers.
Anthony Ryan , Thief River Falls, MN
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Don't let one bad person spoil the whole bunch.
Jay Radniecki , Thief River Falls, MN
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Companions that tolerate rotten apples will become what the rotten apple thinks eventually.
Donald DeWayne Woods , dwoods@mail.fuse.net
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A crabby person causes trouble for others.
Amanda , Newton, New Jersey
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Keep your refrigerator clean.
Betsy Fliess, Butte, Montana
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