Advice Quotes Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.     Aesop The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.     Pierre Charron I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.     G. K. Chesterton Ask advice only of your equals.     Danish Proverb Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.     Philip K. Dick Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.     Gordon R. Dickson Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.     English Proverb 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.     Brendan Francis Never give advice unless asked.     German Proverb Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.     Sidney J. Harris Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.     Erica Jong Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.     Edna St. Vincent Millay Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.     Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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.     Hannah Whitall Smith In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.     Solon Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.     Spanish Proverb Many receive advice, few profit by it.     Publilius Syrus 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.     Harry S Truman It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.     Anne Tyler There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.     Gore Vidal The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.     Oscar Wilde Previous Subject - Advertising | Next Subject - Age