Advice
He that will not be counselled cannot be helped.
“He who will not go to heaven needs no preaching” (German).588 “He that will not hear must feel” (German).589
Two heads are better than one.
“Four eyes see more than two” (Spanish);590 and “More know the pope and a peasant than the pope alone,”591 as they say in Venice.
Come na to the council unca’d.—Scotch.
“Never give advice unasked” (German).592
Every one thinks himself able to advise another.
“Nothing is given so freely as advice” (French).593 “Of judgment every one has a stock for sale” (Italian).594
He that kisseth his wife in the market-place shall have people enough to teach him.
“He who builds according to every man’s advice will have a crooked house” (Danish).595
He that speers a’ opinions comes ill speed.—Scotch.
“If you want to get into the bog ask five fools the way to the wood” (Livonian). “Take help of many, counsel of few” (Danish).596
A fool may put something in a wise man’s head.
It was a saying of Cato the elder, that wise men learnt more by fools than fools by wise men.
Footnotes
588 Wer nicht in den Himmel will, braucht keine Predigt.
589 Wer nicht hören will, muss fühlen.
590 Mas veen quatro ojos que dos.
591 Sa più il papa e un contadino che il papa solo.
592 Rathe Niemand ungebeten.
593 Rien ne se donne aussi libéralement que les conseils.
594 Del judizio ognun ne vende.
595 Hvo som bygger efter hver Mands Raad, hans Huser kommer kroget at staae.
596 Tag Mange til Hielp og Faa til Rad.