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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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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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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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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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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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They say that the best counsel is that of woman.
[Sp., Dicen, que el primer consejo
Ha read more

They say that the best counsel is that of woman.
[Sp., Dicen, que el primer consejo
Ha de ser de la muger.]

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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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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.

Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.

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Let no man value at a little price
A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit
Is feather'd read more

Let no man value at a little price
A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit
Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.

by George Chapman 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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