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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.
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability
 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of 
counsellers there is safety.  
 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of 
counsellers there is safety. 
 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. 
 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. 
If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.
If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.
 She had a good opinion of advice,
 Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
  For read more 
 She had a good opinion of advice,
 Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
  For which small thanks are still the market price,
   Even where the article at highest rate is. 
 One can advise comfortably from a safe port.
 [Ger., Vom sichern Port lasst sich's gemachlich rathen.]  
 One can advise comfortably from a safe port.
 [Ger., Vom sichern Port lasst sich's gemachlich rathen.] 
 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.]