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The worst men often give the best advice.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin wit...

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Francis BaconThe Advancement Of Learning

The worst men often give the best advice.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin wit...

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Picture of Francis Bacon
Francis BaconThe Advancement Of Learning

The worst men often give the best advice.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin wit...

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The worst men often give the best advice.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin wit...

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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

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

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

Let your peace be a victory!

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you.

Love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives foreboding. Listen to me, let me supply you with...

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I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as your own judgment appr...

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Anyway, there is one thing I have learned and that is not to dress uncomfortably, in styles which hu...

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The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your sh...

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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, thou...

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Nevertheless, I sought counsel from my leaders and obeyed, even when I knew their advice would make ...

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Never have children, only grandchildren.

Atmosphere, not action, is the great desideratum of weird fiction. Indeed, all that a wonder story c...

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Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look lik...

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As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most import...

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My father always told me: 'Give somebody a hand and he'll take an arm.

This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled ...

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The years nineteen and twenty are a crucial stage in the maturation of character, and if you allow y...

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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it...

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Simplicity simplicity simplicity. I say let your affairs be as two or three and not a hundred or...

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Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence ag...

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To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

Whatever advice you give be short.

Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis.(Whatever advice you give, be brief.)

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HoraceArte poética

Saepa stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturas. (Turn the stylus [to erase] often if yo...

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To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. ...

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My dear boy', Le Chiffre spoke like a father, 'the game of Red Indians is over, quite over. You have...

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I said, "I don't think I can give you that kind of emotion." And he [Hitchcock] sat there and said, ...

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Bed rest and a large steaming mug of hot chocolate. I always find that cheers me up.

Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught ...

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But have a care! It is a bitter blade, and steel serves only those that can wield it. It will cut yo...

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Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

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J. R. R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The...

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Whatever anyone does,/ anyone says, in the/ past, now, everything, let/ it bounce off the rock/ of y...

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Jack KerouacBook of Sketches

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the d...

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Never make enemies of anyone younger or healthier than you are. They write your history.

Never back a woman you defend, never get quit of a friend on whom you depend, never make face to a f...

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I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you s...

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We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young ...

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Jane AustenPride and Prejudice

Be with someone you don't want to be without.

There's no time for hatred, only questions. Where is love? Where is happiness? What is life? Where i...

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There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know...

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In the end only kindness matters.

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.

A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were two ways to be happy...

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Knowledge in the head and virtue in the heart, time devoted to study or business, instead of show an...

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Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you; Be true to your word and your work and your friend; ...

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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bib...

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My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it.

The best way in the world for breaking up a writer's block is to write a lot.

Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, af...

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Look here,” said Will. “When a man comes to me for advice about an idea, I know he doesn’twant advic...

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I don't want advice.' 'Nobody does. It's a giver's present.

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

One of the greatest pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten in my life was from my mom. When I was a littl...

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Sometimes people who seem good end up being not as good as you might have hoped, you know?

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Jonathan Safran FoerExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice he wants and I give it to him.

Just keep in mind," Liaro said, "they're not going to remember the words. They'll remember how you m...

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When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead.

No matter how many people give me advice, I am going to do what my heart tells me to do

We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed, and that we car...

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Formerly...when he tried to do anything for the good of everybody, for humanity...for the whole vill...

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Fine gold is recognized when it is tested.

No counsel is more sincere than that given on ships which are in danger.

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Leonardo da VinciThoughts on Art and Life

Reprove your friend in secret and praise him in public.

She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she ...

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She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she ...

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Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen ...

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I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen ...

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I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen ...

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I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen ...

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There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

If you want the law to leave you alone, keep your hair trimmed and your boots shined.

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Louis L'AmourThe Man Called Noon

If you aren't rich you should always look useful.

Send me all the advice you like. I'll use as much as I can.

There were so many different versions of him. It was countless versions of a song, and they were all...

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There is no better taste than this: someone else's laughter in your mouth.

Please kiss that girl a million times.

I hated this. I hated knowing what I wanted and knowing what was right and knowing that they weren't...

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It was her eyes and my eyes and I felt a surging sensation of rightness, of saying the right thing a...

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After everything I'd lived through, I was not going to be reduced to a one-sentence definition.

What need of prompt or hint when it is open to yourself to discern what needs to be done - and, if y...

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To understand this new frontier, I will have to try to master one of the most difficult and counteri...

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Marcus du SautoyThe Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science

I wonderif I should let my hair go greyso my advice will be better.

You can think clearly only with your clothes on.

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Margaret AtwoodThe Handmaid's Tale