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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.
A fop sometimes gives important advice.
[Fr., Un fat quelquefois ouvre un avis important.]
A fop sometimes gives important advice.
[Fr., Un fat quelquefois ouvre un avis important.]
Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet,
To think how mony consels sweet,
How mony lengthened, sage read more
Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet,
To think how mony consels sweet,
How mony lengthened, sage advices,
The husband frae the wife despises.
No one wants advice -- only corroboration.
No one wants advice -- only corroboration.
What advice you give, be short.
[Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.]
What advice you give, be short.
[Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.]
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."
'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."
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.]
Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
