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Advice Quotes
"The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all."
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"There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice."
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"Seek counsel; though we are all skilled and experienced in many ways, no one can experience all that life has to offer in the limited time we are given in this world."
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"Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population."
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"When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill."
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"Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it."
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"Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never drink when you are wretched without it, or you will be like the grey-faced gin-drinker in the slum; but drink when you would be happy without it, and you will be like the laughing peasant of Italy. Never drink because you need it, for this is rational drinking, and the way to death and hell. But drink because you do not need it, for this is irrational drinking, and the ancient health of the world."
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"I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself."
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"Take it with a whole shaker of salt, a grain won't be close to enough."
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"I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it."
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"Never miss a good chance to shut up."
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"Meg, what I'm about to do - never, ever try this on your own." I felt a bit silly giving this advice to a girl who regulartly fought monsters with golden swords, but I had promised Bill Nye the Science Guy I would always promote safe laboratory practices."
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"Monsieur Foinet got up and made as if to go, but he changed his mind, and, stopping, put his hand on Philip's shoulder."But if you were going to ask me my advice, I should say: take your courage in both hands and try your luck at something else. It sounds very hard, but let me tell you this: I would give all I have in the world if someone had given me that advice when I was your age and I had taken it."Philip looked up at him with surprise. The master forced his lips into a smile, but his eyes remained grave and sad."It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it's too late. It does not improve the temper."He gave a little laugh as he said the last words and quickly walked out of the room."
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"Three things Marco taught me today race through my mind: boys will lie to your face just to have sex with you, don't trust any boy who says I love you, and never date a boy who lives on the south side of Fairfield."
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"I wouldn't be your best and most marvelous friend in the galaxy if I didn't point out there might be a few negative consequences from all. she gazed upward and twirled her hand in the air this."
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"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option."
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"The time to being writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say."
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"Even the most perfect advice cannot be as useful as a staircase or a rope for those who live in the dark wells!"
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"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."
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"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."
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"If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it."
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"Advice to young Samuel Gompers that might apply in many other areas: "Learn from socialism, but don't join it."
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"Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least."
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"You never find friends them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own."
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"Loo, life is black and white. You don't know what's good for you, because you don't see the black and white! You don't see where the black lines end and where the white lines begin! You're going to grow up to be no good if you keep on that way. It's impractical. I only have one child, and I won't have her growing up to be impractical. I can't think of a worse thing to be than impractical!"
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"Never take advice about never taking advice. That is an old vice of men - to dish it out without being able to take it - the blind leading the blind into more blindness."
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"Don't mock my suggestions, Ridley " one day in the near future, they might just save your life. Maxwell D. Kalist."
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"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."
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"Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a lot. The second thing is to write. And the third thing, which I think is absolutely vital, is to tell stories and listen closely to the stories you're being told."
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"She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep."
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