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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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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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A fop sometimes gives important advice.
[Fr., Un fat quelquefois ouvre un avis important.]

A fop sometimes gives important advice.
[Fr., Un fat quelquefois ouvre un avis important.]

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Take the first advice of a woman and not the second.
[Lat., Primo dede mulieris consilio, secundo noli.]

Take the first advice of a woman and not the second.
[Lat., Primo dede mulieris consilio, secundo noli.]

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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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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.

by Thomas L. Masson Found in: Advice Quotes,
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To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

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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.

by Robert Burns Found in: Advice Quotes,
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Be niggards of advice on no pretense;
For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense;
For the worst avarice is that of sense.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Advice Quotes,
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We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

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