A Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Quote Author

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

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.

Josh Billings

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

Conor Cruise O'Brien

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people. The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.

Al Franken

I've never been good at giving advice. The only advice I ever gave people was to find something that you are passionate about. But I hate giving advice, because, who am I? I'm just a girl.

Gwen Stefani

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.

Bo Bennett

Old men are always advising young men to save money. That is bad advice. Don't save every nickel. Invest in yourself. I never saved a dollar until I was forty years old.

Henry Ford

When it comes to partisan politics, everyone is a hypocrite. And all they care about is whether it hurts or helps them ... Is it good or bad for the Democrats? Is it good or bad for the Republicans? Is it good or bad for Jews, or good or bad for blacks, or is it good or bad for women? Is it good or bad for men? Is it good or bad for gays? That's the way people think about issues today. There is very little discussion of enduring principles.

Alan Dershowitz

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

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.