"Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it."
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"The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there."
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"Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense."
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"Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!"
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"To the young: Work, work, work, and then work some more!"
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"The best advice I've ever got is to be yourself. Stay true to who you are and what you stand for and you'll go far in life."
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"She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it)."
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"Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve."
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"There is nothing more hateful than bad advice."
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"After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws."
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"It is a good divine that follows his own instructions."
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"'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice."
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"He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment."
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"What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong...but don't just avoid."
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"As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the other, at the centre of the values by which you live."
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"My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That's my mantra."
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"If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly."
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"Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox."
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"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up."
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"When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice."
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