"mocking is catching" meaning in English

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        "Be careful of making fun of others, lest others make fun of you."
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          "note": "五十步笑百步 (wǔshí bù xiào bǎi bù, literally “the one who retreated fifty paces laughs at the one who retreated a hundred”)",
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  "word": "mocking is catching"
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