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When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American Huorist.
I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to heat the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American writer.
The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as list of the hundred best books.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) American writer, physician.
In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody’s torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773) English Statesman, man of Letters.
The only thing one can do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Anglo-Irish author.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Ed (E.W) Howe (1853-1937) American journalist, novelist.
To ask advice is to tout for flattery.
J.Churton Collins (1848-1908) English author, critic, scholar Consult.
To seek another’s approval of a course already decided on.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) American author.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Aesop (6th century BC) Greek fabulist, slave
One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly; “Cheer up. Things could get worse.” So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.
James Hagerty (1909-1981) President Eisenhower’s Press Secretary.
I’m not a teacher; only a fellow traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead – ahead of myself as well as you.
When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise.
Chesterfield.
Many a man wins glory for prudence by seeking advice, then seeking advice as to what advice would be best to take, and finally following appetite.
Austin O’Malley.
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
Bacon.
When a man has been guilty of any vice of folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like.
Addison.
It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Shakespeare
He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the heights of the superior understanding he unites with.
Burke.
It is easy when are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
The worst men often give the best advice.
Bailey
Advice is like snow: the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
Coleridge.
Let no man value at a little price a virtuous woman’s counsel.
G.Chapma.
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
Rochefoucauld.
To accept good advice is but to increase one’s own ability.
Goethe.
Good counsels observed and chains of grace.
Fuller.
Wait for the season when to cast good counsels upon subsiding passion.
Shakespeare.
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American Huorist.
I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to heat the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American writer.
The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as list of the hundred best books.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) American writer, physician.
In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody’s torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773) English Statesman, man of Letters.
The only thing one can do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Anglo-Irish author.
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Ed (E.W) Howe (1853-1937) American journalist, novelist.
To ask advice is to tout for flattery.
J.Churton Collins (1848-1908) English author, critic, scholar Consult.
To seek another’s approval of a course already decided on.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) American author.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Aesop (6th century BC) Greek fabulist, slave
One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly; “Cheer up. Things could get worse.” So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.
James Hagerty (1909-1981) President Eisenhower’s Press Secretary.
I’m not a teacher; only a fellow traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead – ahead of myself as well as you.
When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise.
Chesterfield.
Many a man wins glory for prudence by seeking advice, then seeking advice as to what advice would be best to take, and finally following appetite.
Austin O’Malley.
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
Bacon.
When a man has been guilty of any vice of folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like.
Addison.
It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Shakespeare
He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the heights of the superior understanding he unites with.
Burke.
It is easy when are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
The worst men often give the best advice.
Bailey
Advice is like snow: the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
Coleridge.
Let no man value at a little price a virtuous woman’s counsel.
G.Chapma.
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
Rochefoucauld.
To accept good advice is but to increase one’s own ability.
Goethe.
Good counsels observed and chains of grace.
Fuller.
Wait for the season when to cast good counsels upon subsiding passion.
Shakespeare.
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