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Kural 521 · Bad Friendship

தீயவரோடு தொடர்பு கொளின் நல்லார்
வாய் தீண்டலாலும் தீயார்.

Tīyavaroḍu toḍarbu koḷiṉ nallār
vāy tīṇḍalālum tīyār.

Meaning

Even those who were good become bad through continued association with the bad.

Ask yourself

Character is not static. It is continuously shaped by repeated exposure. If the five people you spend the most time with determined who you became over the next five years — would you make changes to that group?

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