you cannot touch pitch and not be defiled

you cannot touch pitch and not be defiled
syn: evil communications corrupt good manners
he that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas
who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl
≅ коло дьогтю ходи і сам в дьогтю будеш до кого пристанеш, і сам таким станеш з вовками жити – по-вовчому вити зла компанія – що вугілля: як не впече, то замаже

English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs . 2013.

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