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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.]
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.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
For read more
She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
For which small thanks are still the market price,
Even where the article at highest rate is.
And may you better reck the rede,
Than ever did th' adviser.
And may you better reck the rede,
Than ever did th' adviser.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.
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.
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.