A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice. Jose Bergamin
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice. Sophocles
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. Erica Jong
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad. Edward Dahlberg
No one wants advice, only collaboration. John Steinbeck
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. Saul Bellow
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. Aeschylus
I always advise people never to give advice. P G Wodehouse
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. Gore Vidal
Free advice is worth the price. Robert Half
Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the laboring vessel from the land. Arthur Helps
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. Arthur Helps
It is not advice, but approval, which we crave. Jean de Boufflers
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom’s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. Nelson Algren
To ask for advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery. John Churton Collins
The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. Aesop
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. Lord Chesterfield
The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself. Oscar Wilde
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nothing is given so profusely as advice. Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
There are exceptions to all rules, but it seldom answers to follow the advice of an opponent. Benjamin Disraeli
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. Cicero
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. John Churton Collins