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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

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✓Similar Perspectives

I had a lot of really terrible advice early in my writing career and I cheesed off people without even knowing it, all the while thinking I was implementing good advice.

— Douglas Coupland

I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.

— Irene Rosenfeld

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

— Oscar Wilde

I had a lot of really terrible advice early in my writing career, and I cheesed off people without even knowing it, all the while thinking I was implementing good advice. Well, what can you do about it? Next.

— Douglas Coupland

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

— Oscar Wilde

I never take advice from anyone more messed up than I am.

— Tom Hopkins

People wanted more advice. So I finally thought I could totally put this advice into a book.

— Kevin Smith

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I think advice is cheap. You can only really learn by doing and making mistakes.

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

✗Opposing Perspectives

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton