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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.]
They say that the best counsel is that of woman.
[Sp., Dicen, que el primer consejo
Ha read more
They say that the best counsel is that of woman.
[Sp., Dicen, que el primer consejo
Ha de ser de la muger.]
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
Be niggards of advice on no pretense;
For the worst avarice is that of sense.
Be niggards of advice on no pretense;
For the worst avarice is that of sense.
The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
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The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
[Fr., C'est une importune garde, du secret des princes, a qui
n'en que faire.]
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
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.
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
