Advice Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old men are fond of giving advice to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples.

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

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

— Anonymous

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

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

— 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

When I had older guys around me, I kind of leaned on them for advice and went through tough times.

— Rajon Rondo

If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The worst men often give the best advice.

— Francis Bacon

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— Joyce Carol Oates

“old men are the best contenders in telling old stories”

— kwame grundow

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

— Anne Heche