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Advice Quotes
"When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek."
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"Mark it, nuncle.Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest,Lend less than thou owest,Ride more than thou goest,Learn more than thou trowest,Set less than thou throwest,Leave thy drink and thy whoreAnd keep in-a-door,And thou shalt have moreThan two tens to a score."
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"It is easy to give advice from a port of safety."
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"Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least."
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"She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it)."
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"Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field."
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"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."
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"If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice."
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"For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch."
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"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."
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"Advice should only be given when it is sought, otherwise our own worthiness gets assessed."
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"Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution."
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"When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice."
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"I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both."
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"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand."
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"I've been homeschooling for eight years and have always received the best advice and encouragement from other homeschoolers, rather than a book or lecture."
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"It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging."
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"I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening."
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"Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least."
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"My Department has already recognised this and has been working specifically on the technical support issue since January and will offer advice to schools during the Autumn term."
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"The most consistent gift and burden of motherhood is advice."
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"If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself."
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"My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!"
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"I'm certainly the last person to give advice on, well, anything."
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"If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics."
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"Don't trust your head, Samwise, it is not the best part of you."
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"First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging!"
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"Little boats should keep near shore."
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"Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear."
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"However, I think, first of all, that what's happening in Sierra Leone is going to have the great influence on those governments who will be asked to provide forces to the Congo. Second, of course, the Security Council has no professional military advice organized in any way."
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"The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.'"
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