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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.
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.]
Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.
Bosom upon my counsel;
You'll find it wholesome.
To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't read more
To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.
I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no
better way than by taking read more
I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no
better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end.
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.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.
When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.
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.