Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 135

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akṣamālāpavṛttijñā kuśāsanaparigrahā /
brāhmīva daurjanī saṃsad vandanīyā samekhalā //

Knowing how to converse with the incompetent, occupying a wretched seat, and wearing a girdle,
the assembly of wicked men is to be avoided, just as an assembly of Brahmins holding rosaries, sitting on kuśa grass, and wearing the sacred girdle, is to be revered.