A man wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner that he should try out the animal before he bought him. He took the Ass home and put him in the stable with his other Asses, upon which the new animal left all the others and immediately chose a place next to the laziest and greediest beast.
Seeing this, the man put a halter on him and led him back to his owner. On being asked how, in so short a time, he could have made a trial of him, he answered, “I do not need a trial; I know that he will be just the same as the one he chose for his companion.”
A man is known by the company he keeps.
一个人想买一头驴，同驴的主人谈妥，在买之前要先把牲口牵回去试一试。他把驴牵回家，把它同自家的驴一起关在牲口棚里，这个时候这头驴不和别的驴在一起，却立刻走过去同一头最好吃懒做的驴站到一起。
看到这情形，买驴人给驴套上辔头，牵回去还给了原来的主人。驴的主人问，在这么短的时间里是怎样试出驴的秉性的，买驴人回答说：“不必试了，看它选择了怎样的朋友，就了解它是什么东西了。”
看一个人结交的朋友，就可了解此人的品行。
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