evil communications corrupt good manners
- evil communications corrupt good manners
Proper conduct is harmfully influenced by false information or knowledge; also used to assert the deleterious effect of bad example. With allusion to I CORINTHIANS xv. 33 (AV) Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
c 1425 J. ARDERNE Treatises of Fistula (EETS) 5 Shrewed speche corrumpith gode maners.
1533 MORE Debellation [subjugation] of Salem xiv. (As saynt Poule speketh of such heresyes) euyl communication corrupteth good maners.
1749 FIELDING Tom Jones IV. XII. iii. I heartily wish you would..not think of going among them.—Evil Communication corrupts good Manners.
1874 TROLLOPE Phineas Redux I. xvi. [The horse] would have taken the fence..but Dandolo had baulked..and evil communications will corrupt good manners.
1939 W. S. MAUGHAM Christmas Holiday ii. A disposition of such sweetness that no evil communication could corrupt his good manners.
1973 ‘M. INNES’ Appleby’s Answer ii. One can’t be too careful in choosing a well-bred cat’s company... Evil communications corrupt good manners.
Proverbs new dictionary.
Look at other dictionaries:
Corrupt — Cor*rupt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. [1913 Webster] 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
evil — see evil communications corrupt good manners evil doers are evil dreaders evil to him who evil thinks never do evil that good may come of it a great book is a great evil idleness is the root of all evil … Proverbs new dictionary
good — see if you can’t be good, be careful a good beginning makes a good ending there’s many a good cock come out of a tattered bag no good deed goes unpunished he is a good dog who goes to church the good die young … Proverbs new dictionary
corrupt — see evil communications corrupt good manners power corrupts … Proverbs new dictionary
Corrupted — Corrupt Cor*rupt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. [1913 Webster] 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Corrupting — Corrupt Cor*rupt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. [1913 Webster] 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
Plymouth Brethren — The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s.[1][2] Although the group is notable for not taking any official church name to itself, and not having an… … Wikipedia
manner — see manners maketh man evil communications corrupt good manners other times, other manners … Proverbs new dictionary
Menander — For other meanings of Menander, see Menander (disambiguation). Bust of Menander. Menander (Greek: Μένανδρος, Menandros; ca. 342–291 BC), Greek dramatist, the best known representative of Athenian New Comedy, was the son of well to do parents; his … Wikipedia
