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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.] 
 Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.
 [Sp., No adventures mucho tu riqueza.]  
 Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.
 [Sp., No adventures mucho tu riqueza.] 
 And may you better reck the rede,
 Than ever did th' adviser.  
 And may you better reck the rede,
 Than ever did th' adviser. 
No one wants advice -- only corroboration.
No one wants advice -- only corroboration.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
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.
 She had a good opinion of advice,
 Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
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 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. 
 Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice
 Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.  
 Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice
 Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.