Advice Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We give advice, we do not inspire conduct.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We give nothing so freely as advice.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are never so generous as when giving advice.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld