etc. He who touches pitch must expect to be defiled. A rotten
apple will injure its companions. One scabby sheep will infect a whole
flock.
To the same effect is the locution, “C'est une brébis galeuse,” and
the idea implied is, he must be separated from the flock, or else he
will contaminate others.
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