He that Lies Down With the Dogs, Will Rise Up With the Fleas Small 320×258 Medium 640×516 Large 1024×826 Download TIFF Original 2400×1936 | (2.0 MB) Description "He that lies down with dogs, his limbs to ease, / Sleep as he will, he'll surely rise with fleas; / So he that would keep both clean and well, / Must not with filthy creatures closely dwell."—Barber, 1857 Keywords dogs, fleas, he that lies down with the dogs will rise up with the fleas, he that lies with the dogs, kproverb, metaphor, proverb, will rise up with fleas Galleries Individual Men Source: Barber, John W. The Handbook of Illustrated Proverbs (New York, NY: George F. Tuttle, 1857)
