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.

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.]

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.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

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

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

Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.

Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.

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.

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.

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.]