~ The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself. ~
~ Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. ~
~ In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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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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~ I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. ~
~ Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and deeper it sinks into the mind
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~ We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word. ~
~ When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. ~
~ When we ask advice we are usually looking for an accomplice. ~
~ We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.
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~ The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
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~ No one wants advice - only corroboration. ~