Francois de La Rochefoucauld Advice Quotations

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.

We give advice, we do not inspire conduct.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

We give nothing so freely as advice.

We are never so generous as when giving advice.

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.