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Advice Quotes
"Always be careful of where you run to. When the going gets tough, take it easy and slow down, else you venture into the den of lions."
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"Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Will you just put a stopper in it?"She looked at me and sighed. "Girl, do you ever take a breath and wonder if folk don't put out bait for you? To see if you'll bite? You'll never get a man if you don't relax."My dear old Gran. It's a wonder her children aren't every one of them as mad as priests, if she mangles their wits as she mangles mine."Granny, "I told her, "this is dead serious. I can't relax, no more than any Dog. I'm not shopping for a man. That's the last thing I need."
15
"Avoid food products containing ingredients that are A) unfamiliar B) unpronounceable C) more than five in number or that include D) high-fructose corn syrup."
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"Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least."
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"The first rule about the low hanging fruit principle is to always watch out for low hanging branches, they're the ones to take it away from you."
14
"Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take."
14
"With regard to navigating relationship's highways and bi-ways - avoid changing lanes without first giving a signal."
14
"You come to me for advice, but you can't cope with anything you don't recognize. Hmmm. So we'll have to tell you something you already know but make it sound like news, eh Well, business as usual , I suppose."
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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."
14
"The longer you chase the wrong person, the further you travel in the wrong direction. You're better than that."
14
"It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted."
13
"Don't drive a car in the dream, else you won't drive it on earth. Don't wish to become, else you won't become. Don't associate with fools, else your ancestors will be insulted. Don't be addicted to wine, else your pocket will be empty. Don't be drunk, else you'll be attacked."
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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."
13
"Don't destroy yourself by allowing negative people add gibberish and debris to your character, reputation, and aspirations. Keep all dreams alive but discreet, so that those with unhealthy tongues won't have any other option than to infest themselves with their own diseases."
13
"Just for you non-sea-god types out there, don't go swimming in New York Harbor. It may not be as filthy as it was in my mom's day, but that water will still probably make you grow a third eye or have mutant children when you grow up."
12
"A bitter critic is the sweetest corrector."
12
"Never let your education interfere with your learning."
12
"Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome. The last thing they need is for you to make matters worse by responding angrily."
12
"Go the extra mile to do the undone, but work within your limits, and in doing so also, don't be a coward to question things within your limit that are not all that right, and don't be too arrogant or proud or be filled with excessive knowledge to do things which might though be within your limit, yet out of limit, for you must live and leave nothing, but distinctive and lasting footprints!"
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"Sometimes advises from others are more difficult to bear with than even slang."
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"The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself."
11
"Use what you stand for and what you oppose as a foundation to write great content that resonates with readers and creates a ripple effect."
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"Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy."
10
"One of my father's RULES FOR LIFE was to marry a woman who was smarter than you. "I did this," he would say to me, "and you should do it, too. I say, why do all the thinking?"
10
"Never divulge secrets to acquaintances. Never betray old friends for new ones. Never mistake flattery for praise. Never rely on dishonorable people. Never trust your enemy's friends. Never mistake someone's kindness for weakness."
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"The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery."
8
"Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly."
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