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"No one wants advice - only corroboration."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Advice,

"Don't mock my suggestions, Ridley " one day in the near future, they might just save your life. Maxwell D. Kalist."

Carla H. Krueger, American Author

Advice, Warning, Future, Protection

"In her small voice, Persephone said, "I have nothing to add." After a moment of consideration, she added, however, "If you are going to punch someone, don't put your thumb inside your fist. It would be a shame to break it."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Advice, Violence, Humor, Protection

"Trial and error is not bad, but not the best. If you don't know where the crowd is going, don't follow it. Get set."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Advice, Learning, Caution, Crowd, Direction

"Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy."

Stephen King, American Author

Advice, Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth, Life

"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Advice, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

"Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Advice, Forget, Population, Propaganda

"The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Advice,

"To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal - to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

Advice, Life, Direction, Choice

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

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Advice, Reason

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"Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel."

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"No one wants advice - only corroboration."

"Don't mock my suggestions, Ridley " one day in the near future, they might just save your life. Maxwell D. Kalist."

"In her small voice, Persephone said, "I have nothing to add." After a moment of consideration, she added, however, "If you are going to punch someone, don't put your thumb inside your fist. It would be a shame to break it."

"Trial and error is not bad, but not the best. If you don't know where the crowd is going, don't follow it. Get set."

"Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy."

"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."

"Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population."

"The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery."

"To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal - to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself."

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

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"A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult."

"Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor."

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody."

"Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers."

"If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find."

"A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy."

"Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel."

"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends."

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