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What advice you give, be short.
[Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.]
What advice you give, be short.
[Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.]
Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet,
To think how mony consels sweet,
How mony lengthened, sage read more
Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet,
To think how mony consels sweet,
How mony lengthened, sage advices,
The husband frae the wife despises.
Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains
and are laughed to scorn.
[Lat., read more
Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains
and are laughed to scorn.
[Lat., Consilia qui dant prava cautis hominibus,
Et perdunt operam et deridentur tupiter.]
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."
'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."
She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
For read more
She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
For which small thanks are still the market price,
Even where the article at highest rate is.
Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.
A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.