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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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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".

by Woody Allen Found in: Advice Quotes,
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The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is read more

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

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Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.

Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.

by Robert Herrick Found in: Advice Quotes,
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When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.

When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Advice Quotes,
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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.

by Jane Austen Found in: Advice Quotes,
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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.

by Bill Cosby Found in: Advice Quotes,
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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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'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."

'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."

by George Crabbe Found in: Advice Quotes,
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The worst men often give the best advice.
Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.

The worst men often give the best advice.
Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Advice Quotes,
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