Just as the dirt spoils your clothes, likewise bad company spoils your character. If a person falls into a bad company, he is deprived of the best things of life. In bad company, the whole outlook of a person changes. Bad company may lead a person to vices like gambling, smoking, stealing, etc. If a student falls into a bad company, he loses interest in studies, starts cutting his classes and begins to tell lies to shield himself. It is a well-known saying that a person is known from the company he keeps. It is better to be alone than to move in a bad company. One can thus be away from bad things. It is, therefore, desirable that if one cannot find good company, he should remain alone and fulfill his aim in life.
Vocabulary
Spoils—dirties
Deprived—to take from
