A man by himself
A man by himself is in bad company. Eric Hoffer
Bad Company
If I had to
If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate . . . Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better. Elizabeth Ann Seton
We often brag that
We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I had an idea
I had an idea for a medical conspiracy thriller. Since it was non-horror, I didn’t want the publishers and editors bringing a lot of baggage – my history as a genre writer in the SF and horror fields, for instance – to the novel when they read it. I wanted them to consider the book … Read more
So she was on
So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into? Dorothy Dunnett
Bad company is as
Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one’s innocence with the loss of one’s prejudices. Denis Diderot
Although there are good
Although there are good and bad companies, there is no such thing as a good stock; there are only good stock prices, which come and go. Benjamin Graham
You can’t help people
You can’t help people being right for the wrong reasons…This fear of finding oneself in bad company is not an expression of political purity; it is an expression of a lack of self-confidence. Arthur Koestler
Bad companies are destroyed
Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, Good companies survive them, Great companies are improved by them. Andy Grove
alone, adj. In bad
alone, adj. In bad company. Ambrose Bierce