Counsels Quotes

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Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself. — Roger L'Estrange
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil. — Claude Adrien Helvetius
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest. — Livy
How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had left them to… — John Flavel
The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. — Hesiod
But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the… — Franklin Pierce
Make no mistake, the organizations website counsels. You will be writing a lot of crap. And thats a good thing. By forcing yourself to write… — Laura Miller
Up to this moment I have been pleased to entrust the government of my affairs to the late Cardinal. It is now time that I… — Louis XIV
Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises. — Robert Burns
It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to… — Francis Bacon
Nothing is so rash as fear; its counsels very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate the evils from which it would… — Edmund Burke
God has surely promised His grace to the humbled: that is, to those who mourn over and despair of themselves. But a man cannot be… — Martin Luther
Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country; observe its principles;… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
Monastic vows rest on the false assumption that there is a special calling, a vocation, to which superior Christians are invited to observe the counsels… — Martin Luther
The king shall singly deliberate over secret matters; for ministers have their own ministers, and these latter some of their own; this kind of successive… — Chanakya
I need not ask whether I may call on Him or not, for that word 'Whosoever' is a very wide and comprehensive one...My case is… — Charles Spurgeon
The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat. — Luc de Clapiers
Now do you not see that the eye embraces the beauty of the whole world? It counsels and corrects all the arts of mankind... it… — Leonardo da Vinci
We pledge to fight the dark forces high in the counsels of the Republican Party which have made political capital out of the techniques of… — Emanuel Celler

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