What does these quotes mean?

Question

"A man is known by the company his mind keeps."

&&

"I read my way out of poverty long before i worked myself out of poverty."

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Answer 1

#1

A person is essentially defined by their knowledge.

I really like # 2..

In the first part of the quote he is talking about "intellectual poverty." At first his mind lacked knowledge/education, meaning  he had a "poor" mind, but after studying, and broadening his intellectuality, he became "intellectually wealthy"  however he was still physically poor. So BASICALLY he's saying that he became intellectually wealthy far before he became physically, or materialistically wealthy.

Answer 2

The first one, is that if a man has a good reputation, he won't express himself as much, or be a true individual, because his reputation would go down.

The second one, college made him poor, and then he worked so much to make up for it and to have a family that he was even poorer, not just economically, but a poor lifestyle as well.

Answer 3

i dont know what the first one means but the second one means that they learned and learned their way out of being poor before they worked a job to stop being poor. like they went to school and learned all they could and thats how they stopped being poor. not just working a job day after day without a proper education...i think. yah i really think.

Answer 4

um...

1 = a guy is known for what he thinks

2 = you must learn before you can work

Answer 5

1st:

Peopl will judge who you are and your attitudes by the people you are going with always because you are influenced by them.

2nd

It is like knowledge is power - knowledge will keep you out of ignorance and poverty.

Answer 6

first one

People are known by their thoughts and ideas

second one

Education is the first step to sucess.

just my opinion

Answer 7

1. He acts like his friends. The people he hangs out with will influence him to be like him.

2. You have to be smart to get out of poverty. You go to college before you get a job. Hence you read first then get a job.

I think....idk.