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Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.


Lord Chesterfield

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Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
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GEORGE CHAPMAN Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.
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KELLY JONES To stand on the
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ASK AND IT IS GIVEN It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN “Why is it that those who criticize the most, know the least!"
LORENZO CIRIELLI The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board.
D.M. TIMNEY It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, be...
F. H. BRADLEY It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, be...
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DEYTH BANGER I am Happy and satisfied with what I am. 10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar...
GARY F EVANS... Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY The only thing to do with good advice is to carry it and pass it on; it is never of any use if you d...
KIM GROSHEK I speak the truth. Not everyone who says they are ready to hear it really are.
MONIKA ZANDS You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ...
SUFJAN STEVENS I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
TED TURNER People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
WAYNE DYER People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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HARRY STYLES We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, ...
SAMUEL BUTLER taking the most from those who have the least and nothing from those who have the most.
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MONTY PYTHON Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be tr...
SAMUEL RICHARDSON Advice is least heeded when most needed.
AMERICAN PROVERB Advice is least heeded when most needed
ENGLISH PROVERB Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work...
EUGENE DEBS Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work...
EUGENE V. DEBS It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER If you aren't rich you should always look useful.
LOUIS-FERDINAND CéLINE Those that need the most get the least. (1/1980)
ALBERT J VIERLING Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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MICHAEL KEATON Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.
SAMUEL JOHNSON The most important factor in college admissions is a test that benefits those who are least prepared...
ELIOT SCHREFER As things progressed, it seemed like those of us who stayed there the longest were no longer welcome...
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RUTH CARTER STAPLETON You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like...
BEBE REXHA By ignorance is pride increased; Those most assume who know the least
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SAMUEL BUTLER It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive...
DAN FLAVIN With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i...
STEVEN STRAIT the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them...
EDGAR ALLAN POE Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them
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WILSON MIZNER A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.
BILL COSBY A word to the wise ain't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice
BILL COSBY The value of routine; trusting your swing.
LORII MYERS A man can define many things beautifully in his life, but his character is one beautiful thing that ...
ANUJ SOMANY It has been my experience that those who claim to be the most spiritual are usually the least so.
STEVE MARABOLI Life is not all about sticking or stopping your thoughts to old memories but LIFE STARTS when you st...
NEHA KOTHARI I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.
LEWIS CARROLL Good advice is like a mini-skirt. It is short but covers the most important part.
VIKRANT PARSAI People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
JOHN HARRIGAN People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
LOUISE HAY People need loving the most when they deserve it the least
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MARY SCHMICH She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).
LEWIS CARROLL She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it)
LEWIS CARROLL Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.
HENRY DOHERTY Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least
HENRY DOHERTY Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.
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DAVID BECKMANN It sometimes seems like our financial system is set up to penalize those who know the least and have...
RICHARD CORDRAY The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Agustin Marissa...
LORD CHESTERFIELD It is not those who can inflict the most but those who can endure the most who will conquer.
TERENCE MACSWINEY DeWitt: Loneliness leads to nothing good, only detachment. And sometimes the people who most need to...
JANE ESPENSON I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doin...
JAMES DURBIN Be extra kind to those who seem to deserve it least because they really need your kindness more.
LORRIN L. LEE Those who do the most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand the least.
HENRY L. DOHERTY This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among lor...
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TODD STOCKER I saw that there is no Nature,
That Nature doesn’t exist,
That there are hills, valleys,...
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Let the magic unfold...
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