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Abu Hamid Al-Ghazzali

???a man should say to his soul every morning, God has given thee twenty-four treasures; take heed lest thou lose anyone of them, for thou wilt not be able to endure the regret that will follow such loss.

Plutarch

Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores You keep to your own ways, and leave mine to me

John Steinbeck

???The answer is in thy heart. Thee can always hear it, if thee listens for it.???

Horace Walpole

Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. But what would you? You have not told me all concerning yourself; and how then shall I choose better than you?

Richard Milhous Nixon

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

Bo Bennett

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.

Virginia Woolf

The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions. If this is agreed between us, then I feel at liberty to put forward a few

CRABBE: _The Learned Boy._

The worst men often give the best advice. BAILEY _Festus,_ Sc. _A Village Feast._ 'Twas good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.

Horace Walpole

Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. But what would you? You have not told me all concerning yourself; and how then shall I choose better than you?

Horace

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Erica Jong

Advice is what you ask for when you already know the answer but wish you didn't.

John Steinbeck

No one wants advice -- only corroboration.

George Bernard Shaw

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!

Marcus Tullius Cicero

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

Romanian Proverb

When a thing is done, advice comes too late.

Arab Proverb

Never give advice in a crowd.

Romanian Proverb

If you wish good advice, consult an old man.

Josh Billings

We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.

Maltese Proverb

Time gives good advice.

Bill Cosby

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Agatha Christie

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Danish proverb

Don't offer me advice give me money.

Bill Cosby

A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Stanislaw Lec

Advice to writers Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

Jonathan Swift

How is it possible to expect mankind to take advice when they will not so much as take warning

David Zucker

Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there.

Thornton

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate--that's my philosophy.

Carl Rowan

My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.

Alexis Carrel

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

Melissa Timberman

You simply *must* stop taking advice from other people.

Henry Ford

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.

Churton Collins

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

Socrates

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

Johann von Goethe

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Joseph Addison

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you???ll be happy; if not, you???ll become a philosopher.

Harry S Truman

I have had enough experience in all my years, and have read enough of the past, to know that advice to grandchildren is usually wasted.

Sydney Smith

There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.

Ellen Glasgow

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.

Edwina Currie

The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is Don't screw around, and don't smoke.

Gene Brown

Accept good advice gracefully--as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.

W. Somerset Maugham

I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.

Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde

The only thing one can do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

Pierre Charron

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

HERRICK: _Aph. Caution in Council,_

Know when to speak; for many times it brings Danger, to give the best advice to kings.

HERRICK: _Aph. Caution in Council._

Know when to speak--for many times it brings Danger, to give the best advice to kings.

George John Whyte-Melville

In the choice of a horse and a wife, a man must please himself, ignoring the opinion and advice of friends.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Advice is like snow the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Dan Parker

Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables 'Do not try.'

Hugo Black

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

Henry David Thoreau

I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice r

"Simple advice is the best advice." -- Law of Advice

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Ask advice only of your equals.

Whatever advice you give, be brief.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

Never give advice unless asked.

Advice is least heeded when most needed.

Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.

Free advice is worth what you pay for it

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Some of the best advice I ever received was Man, that was terrible.

To ask for advice is in nine cases out of ten to ask for flattery.

Their plans were improved with the best advice.

Tis the advisor who suffers from bad advice.

Many receive advice, few profit by it.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

Free advice is worth the price.

Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.

Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

I give myself, sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

I give advice worth the price....free!

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.

'Be yourself!' is about the worst advice you can give to some people. - Tom Masson

Advice (noun): the smallest current coin.

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

It is a pleasure to give advice, humiliating to need it, normal to ignore it.

Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand.

People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.

You can overcome any obstacles by asking the right questions of the right people at the right time, then act on that advice with passion.

There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.

It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind.

Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.