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    It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

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Those who give bad advice to the prudent, both lose their pains
and are laughed to scorn.
[Lat., read more

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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No one wants advice -- only corroboration.

No one wants advice -- only corroboration.

by John Steinbeck Found in: Advice Quotes,
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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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A good scare is worth more than good advice.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

by Horace 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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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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My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're read more

My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let 'em wonder. I never believed in givin' them too much of me.

by Mae West Found in: Advice Quotes,
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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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We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.

We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.

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