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 Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.
 [Sp., No adventures mucho tu riqueza.]  
 Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.
 [Sp., No adventures mucho tu riqueza.] 
 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of 
counsellers there is safety.  
 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of 
counsellers there is safety. 
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into read more
Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: read more
If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children".
 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.] 
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
A good scare is worth more than good advice.