Quotation by

William Butler Yeats

Choose your companions from the best Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.

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The quote means that the people you spend time with greatly influence your success or failure. If you associate with those who are careless or weak, you are likely to face difficulties or setbacks just like a bucket carried by such company would fall down a hill.

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