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advice

Quotes including the word “advice”.

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Aeschylus

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

Francis Bacon

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

Cicero

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Alexandre Dumas

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

Galileo Galilei

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

Gracian

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

Horace

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. ---- Whatever advice you give, be short.

Kierkegaard

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.

Seneca

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

Solon

In giving advice, try to help, not to please.

John Steinbeck

You know how advice is - you only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyways.

Thales

It's easy to give advice to othersIt's difficult to know yourself .