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Benjamin Franklin on Advice

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β€œWe may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.”
Benjamin Franklin
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β€œFools need Advice most, but wise Men only are the better for it.”
Benjamin Franklin
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β€œWho says Jack is not generous? he is always fond of giving: and cares not for receiving. –What? Why; Advice.”
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β€œThe first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one’s self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.”
Benjamin Franklin
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β€œMuch less is it advisable for a Person to go thither to America, who has no other Quality to recommend him but his Birth. In Europe it has indeed its value;...”
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