who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl

== English == === Alternative forms === who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl === Etymology === Often attributed to Will Graves. === Proverb === who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl A person tends to acquire the characteristics of those with whom they associate. ==== Synonyms ==== if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows ==== Translations ==== === See also === a man is known by the company he keeps