“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 , An Ideal Husband

Lord Goring, Act I
Variant: The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Source: An Ideal Husband (1895)

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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900

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