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    Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet,
    To think how mony consels sweet,
    How mony lengthened, sage advices,
    The husband frae the wife despises.

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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.]

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I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say, this is what we know about read more

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say, this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

by Joyce Brothers Found in: Advice Quotes,
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

by Horace Found in: Advice Quotes,
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Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains
and are laughed to scorn.
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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.]

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To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't read more

To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.

by John Gray Found in: Advice Quotes,
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She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
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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.

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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice
Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.

Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice
Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Advice Quotes,
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The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
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The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
[Fr., C'est une importune garde, du secret des princes, a qui
n'en que faire.]

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