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Quotes about Advice
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“No one wants advice, only corroboration.”
“The worst men often give the best advice.”
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.”
“Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.”
“These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.”
“When in doubt, don't.”
“To advise is not to compel.”
“Never give advice in a crowd.”
“Give help rather than advice.”
“Never give advice unless asked.”
“To advise is easier than to help.”
“Whatever advice you give, be short.”
“We ask advice but we mean approbation.”
“It is bad advice that cannot be changed.”
“Be smart, be intelligent and be informed.”
“A good scare is worth more than good advice.”
“One can advise comfortably from a safe port.”
“Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.”
“We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.”
“It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.”
“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
“Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.”
“Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.”
“Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.”
“Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.”
“We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.”
“We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.”
“Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.”
“We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.”
“Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.”