A Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Ability Advice Equal Giving Good Good Advice How Knowing More Sometimes Than Use

Quote Author

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French - Writer
September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680

A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.

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Gwen Stefani

It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Maybe I think too highly of myself, but I think maybe sometimes I can give some good advice - sometimes bad advice, I'm sure - and I think that's a way of giving back.

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John Templeton

me giving my mom romantic advice is kind of like a goldfish giving a snail advice on how to fly.” -Will Grayson (pg. 66)

David Levithan

It seems that bad advice that's fun will always be better known than than good advice that's dull-no matter how useless that fun advice is.

Scott Berkun

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Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.

John F. Kennedy

GSP is at the top of my list in knowing how to use strategy, how to bring an opponent out of his game, how to beat a guy without taking a beating. And he's good in standup and good at grappling.

Royce Gracie

I think you get most of the most interesting work done in fields where people don't think they're doing art but are merely practicing a craft and working as good craftsmen. Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.

Douglas Adams

Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.