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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.
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.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch
My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch
What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows,
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows,
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
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.
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.]
Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment
Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.
