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'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."
'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."
In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are
the safest.
In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are
the safest.
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.
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.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of
counsellers there is safety.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in 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.]
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
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.]
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.
