If we lay a block of wood across a channel, it will hold back a stream of water. Association with a few rogues will ruin a crowd of men. One fly will spoil a lot of food, if it falls into it. Tuka says, Why did his mother give birth to such a fool as this?
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3647
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents