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What advice you give, be short.
[Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.]
What advice you give, be short.
[Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.]
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.]
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a read more
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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.
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.
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.]
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to read more
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
