Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes

A fool may sometimes give a wise man counsel

Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.

It's important to accessorise. I always turn to the scarves, hats and sunglasses. But wearing too many accessories at once can look very bad.

It's important to find one that complements your body and not try to fit into something that doesn't work.

I talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it.

No one has ever mistaken me for someone who should be giving fashion advice, but I will say I'm always impressed by women who have kind of figured out their own style and comfort. That's what I find attractive.

Giving advice is many times only the privilege of saying a foolish thing one's self, under the pretense of hindering another from doing one.

If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.

Advice: It's more fun to give than to receive.

I sometimes give myself excellent advice. Occasionally, I even listen to it.

Advice is a form of nostalgia.

So, the advice that I would always give is make sure you've got your own career, before you put your child in the business.

It's so much easier to give advice than to take it.

It's important to look for mentors all around you.

I grew up recognizing that there was nobody to give me any advice and that you do your best and if it's not good enough, someday you will come to terms with that.

Fortunately I have never learned to take the good advice I give myself nor the counsel of my fears.

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.

Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly.

God-realization is the most difficult state to reach. Let no one fool himself, nor think that someone else can "give" it to him. Whenever I fell into a state of mental stagnation, my Master could do nothing for me. But I never gave up trying to keep in tune with him by cheerfully performing whatever he asked me to do. "I have come to him for God-realization," I reasoned, "and I must listen to his advice."

I find that so many of my peers of my age don't listen to anything new. But I love the new. I love the energy of the new, the energy of the new act. The young are so important. The young give you the energy, and if you don't notice the young, and you don't give them credit and you don't listen to all sorts of music, then you're missing out on something.

Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't express them. Don't analyze yourself. Give the relevant facts and let your readers make their own judgments. Stick to your story. It is not the most important subject in history but it is one about which you are uniquely qualified to speak.

It's important to have a plan, a big picture. You can deviate from it or change it completely, but it gives you something to work for.

Labels are going to tie you down with a 360 deal, they take percentages of literally every endeavor you're tied to. It's a lot of stipulations and constraints placed on you. What makes it worse is that, in terms of distributing budgets, labels aren't even giving the same amount as they used to. It totally defeats the purpose. My advice would be to get it out there on your own first which will lead you to calling the shots.

Our country talks a lot on corruption. Everyone advices each other over how to stay away from it. Even those people who are corrupt tend to give advice to others on how to deal with corruption.

Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.