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Take it easy — but take it. – Woody Guthrie

Take the first advice of a woman and not the second.

Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice.

Thanksgiving comes after Christmas.

That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others

The advice of a clever woman can ruin a strong town.

The advice of a woman ends with “Oh, if I had only known!

The advice of foxes is dangerous for chickens.

The advice of friends must b received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it & follow it blindly, whether right r wrong.

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not 2 mix with it.

Put all thine eggs in one basket and – watch that basket.

Quit now, you’ll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you’ll be halfway there

Seek advice but use your own common sense.

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity. I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

Sometimes I give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Success
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

Take a woman’s first advice and not her second.

Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

One cool judgment is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

One gives nothing so freely as advice.

One’s first step in wisdom is to question everything. – and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.

People ask you for criticism but they only want praise.

People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.

People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Night is the mother of advice.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Old men are fond of giving good advice, to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No one is wise enough to advice himself.

No one wants advice only corroboration.

Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.

Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.

My advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like-just don’t swallow it.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher. – Socrates

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate – that’s my philosophy.

My advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don’t be afraid to impersonate a SNL star.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate, that’s my philosophy.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.

Never give advice in a crowd.

Never give advice unless asked.

Never play cards with a man called Doc.

Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.