He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.
In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.
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