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Influences6 quotes
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. — Proverbs 13:20 · 686 BCI don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me. — Frank Costello · 2006Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. — Euripides · 400 BCThe only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. — E.M. Forster · 1944I by no means owe my works to my own wisdom alone, but to a thousand things and persons around me, who provided me with material. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1832Negative influences2 quotes
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. — Proverbs 13:20 · 686 BCBooks1 quote
The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. — E.M. Forster · 1944Character1 quote
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Creativity1 quote
I by no means owe my works to my own wisdom alone, but to a thousand things and persons around me, who provided me with material. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1832Influence on others1 quote
I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me. — Frank Costello · 2006Inspiration1 quote
I by no means owe my works to my own wisdom alone, but to a thousand things and persons around me, who provided me with material. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1832Man as social animal1 quote
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. — Euripides · 400 BCPositive influences1 quote
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. — Proverbs 13:20 · 686 BCReputation1 quote
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733The company one keeps1 quote
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Timing1 quote
The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. — E.M. Forster · 1944