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Take the first advice of a woman and not the second.
[Lat., Primo dede mulieris consilio, secundo noli.]
Take the first advice of a woman and not the second.
[Lat., Primo dede mulieris consilio, secundo noli.]
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.]
Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.
Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.
Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.
No one wants advice -- only corroboration.
No one wants advice -- only corroboration.
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.
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is read more
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no
better way than by taking read more
I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no
better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end.