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Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.
Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
They say that the best counsel is that of woman.
[Sp., Dicen, que el primer consejo
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They say that the best counsel is that of woman.
[Sp., Dicen, que el primer consejo
Ha de ser de la muger.]
And may you better reck the rede,
Than ever did th' adviser.
And may you better reck the rede,
Than ever did th' adviser.
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.]
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.
