I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- I always pass on good advice because it’s useless to myself.
- In plain terms
- I give away good advice because I can’t use it myself.
- What can you take from it?
- Good advice may benefit others more than the giver.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When might good advice be useful to the giver?
- Why share advice you can’t apply yourself?
Another view
It assumes good advice is never useful to the giver, which isn’t universally true.
More from Oscar Wilde
Usually quoted as: No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
Permalink to quote #176 Sooner or later we have all to pay for what we do.
Permalink to quote #178 Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is.
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