"Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices."

Society, Company, Innocence, Loss

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"Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices."

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