Quote by Joseph Addison
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advic

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice. – Joseph Addison

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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. – Joseph Addison

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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible. – Joseph Addison

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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. – Joseph Addison

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It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. – William Shakespeare

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The counsel you would have another keep, first keep yourself. – Proverb

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When we ask advice we are usually looking for an accomplice. – Charles Varlet de La Grange, Pensées, 1872

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The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. – Hannah Whitall Smith

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