"One rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel. or One scabbed sheep mars the whole flock."
— Ayenbite of Inwyt

January 1, 1970

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Cf. Dan Michael of Northgate, Ayenbite of Inwyt (1340): "A rotten apple will spoil a great many sound ones." (Middle English: "A roted eppel amang þe holen: makeþ rotie þe yzounde.").