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If one not doing evil associates with one who does, he is suspected of evil and undergoes disgrace.

The man who wraps putrid flesh with sacrificial grass finds that the grass itself emits a fetid odour; even such is the case by association with a fool.

The man who wraps the taggara with the palâsa findsthat the leaves themselves emit a fragrance; even such is the case by association with the learned.

A man deteriorates who associates with one who is vile; associating with an equal ever prevents deterioration; a wise man who associates with one more exalted progresses; serve, therefore, one who is superior to oneself.

One who seizes the property of another, one who is