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

Other quotes by Joseph Addison

I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution of his country – Joseph Addison

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Justice
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. – Joseph Addison

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legal
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. – Joseph Addison

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Nature
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I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine. – Josh Billings

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Advice

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend. – Solon

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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. – Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911

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To advise is not to compel. – Proverb

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When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. – Epitaph of Leonard P. Matlovich, 1988

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In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact. – Jean Piaget

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Talk doesn’t cook rice. – Chinese Proverb

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