Boy: Father.
Father: Well, what is it?
Boy: It says here, 'A man is known by the company he keeps.' Is that so, Father?
Father: Yes, yes, yes.
Boy: Well, Father, if a good man keeps company with a bad man, is the good man bad because he keeps company with the bad man, and is the bad man good because he keeps company with the good man?
1910, Punch Magazine