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There is nothing we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
JOSEPH ADDISON, The Spectator, Oct. 12, 1712
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
AESCHYLUS, Prometheus Bound
When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, Little Women
Whatever advice you give, be brief.
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
JOHN CHURTON COLLINS, Maxims and Reflections
Many receive advice, few profit by it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Moral Sayings
In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, letter to A.C. Stanhope, Oct. 12, 1765
The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.
CHARLES DE LINT, The Onion Girl
I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.
JENNIFER LOPEZ, Woman's Day Magazine, Nov. 13, 2007
In my vast experience, I've found it always wiser to go along with female advice.... First, you make them happy by doing what they tell you. That's the main thing. Let them think they're in control. They love it. Then, if it turns out they were right, everything's cool. If it turns out they were wrong ... then you have the pleasure of basking in the glow of superiority.
RICHARD LAYMON, The Stake
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