The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.
Here is a thing which the more it is needed the more it is rejected: and this is advice, which is unwillingly heeded by those who most need it, that is to say, by the ignorant.
We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something.
Advice when most needed is least heeded
Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.
Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
To offer change to a Spaniard was like offering a drink to a confirmed alcoholic.
WCW wasn't what I thought it should be. I thought it could be better. I would make suggestions, but nobody would want to hear them. They think you want their job. Please. It would be easier doing their job because they're used to doing nothing.
He who must serve me, must do as I command. He who cannot do this, or who comes full of new ideas, may go his way. If he does not, I shall send him.
