“I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.”
Source: Light in August
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American writer 1897–1962Related quotes
Ben Harper (1969) singer-songwriter and musician
Better Way.
Song lyrics, Both Sides of the Gun (2006)
“Shun advice
at any price -
that's what I call
good advice.”
Piet Hein (1905–1996) Danish puzzle designer, mathematician, author, poet
Good Advice
Grooks
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Arthur C. Clarke book Richter 10
Source: 1990s, Richter 10 (1996), Chapter 12, “Continental Drift” (p. 227)
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887–1952) British politician, agriculturalist and colonial administrator (1887-1952)
12 September 1936, Advice to the pupils of the Bishop Cotton School, Simla, also quoted in Speeches and Statements of the Marquess of Linlithgow, p. 19
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Positively 4th Street
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
"Give!" (26 March 1944)
Variant translation: People will always follow a good example; be the one to set a good example, then it won't be long before the others follow.
Tales from the Secret Annex
Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me
Evelyn Collier, Chapter 15, p. 223
Source: 2009, The Best of Me (2011)
“You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Speaking to his son Gregory, as quoted in Papa, a Personal Memoir (1976) Gregory H. Hemingway