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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.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.
Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.
Let no man value at a little price
A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit
Is feather'd read more
Let no man value at a little price
A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit
Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.
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.]
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
The worst men often give the best advice.
Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
The worst men often give the best advice.
Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.