Bad Company Is Like A Nail Driven Into A Post, Which, After The First Or Second Blow, May Be Drawn Out With Little Difficulty

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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first
or second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being
once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw
it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
-- St. Augustine

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