It is from an Aesop fable we get the phrase, “A man is known by the company he keeps.”
The British and American media are carrying salacious stories about Prince Andrew keeping company with registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, now accused of keeping underage girls as “sex slaves” for prominent men. The investigation is ongoing.
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