Quotes with blackens

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• Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.

  Joseph Addison
  English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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• No one should form an acquaintance with one who has an evil character. A piece of coal, if it is hot burns, and if it's cold, blackens the hands.

  Hitopadesa
  Indian text in Sanskrit
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Subjects in these quotes:

• acquaintance
• cuttlefish
• extricate
• invisible
• character
• should

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