# The "One sentence of good advice" thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265 "2012-11-27T14:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![scratch\_llll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@scratch\_llll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch_llll)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/81 "2012-11-28T04:23:21Z")
Righty tighty- lefty loosey. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/82 "2012-11-28T04:31:55Z")
Don’t take advice from random strangers on the internet (including this). ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/83 "2012-11-28T04:34:56Z")
Never play poker with a man named Doc. Never eat at a place named “Mom’s” Never sleep with a woman whose problems are greater than your own. ---
**Author:** ![doctor\_krieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@doctor\_krieger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctor_krieger)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/84 "2012-11-28T04:37:05Z")
Be sure to work out. You’ll always be glad you did. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/85 "2012-11-28T05:20:03Z")
Try to stay in the same business your boss is in. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/86 "2012-11-28T07:25:03Z")
Before you sign something, read the whole thing, ESPECIALLY the fine print. “I didn’t know that part was in there!” will not hold up in court. But even if by some miracle it does, you’ve still had to deal with the hassle and you’re still out your lawyer’s fee. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/87 "2012-11-28T07:38:22Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Never eat anything you can’t pronounce. More extensive version, as I heard it:Never eat anything with more than five ingredients, or with any ingredients that you can’t pronounce, or with any ingredients that your grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/88 "2012-11-28T09:53:20Z")
Don’t use the same password. Anyone else think that soon we’ll have proper proverbs mentioning online security? Help me out, so far there’s no ring to it… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/89 "2012-11-28T13:09:47Z")
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. I have to add a bonus from watching Judge Judy - don’t loan money to family or friends, unless you’re good with not getting it back. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/90 "2012-11-28T14:04:16Z")
Trust but verify. Wherever you go, there you are. After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/91 "2012-11-28T14:22:17Z")
Take excellent care of your teeth. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/92 "2012-11-28T14:30:59Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Don’t ever get married thinking the relationship will improve; it won’t. Likewise: Don’t have a child thinking will improve your relationship; it won’t. Also: Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/93 "2012-11-28T15:00:09Z")
When you marry for money, you earn every penny. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/94 "2012-11-28T15:21:13Z")
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/95 "2012-11-28T15:40:58Z")
I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/96 "2012-11-28T15:50:10Z")
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/97 "2012-11-28T16:08:02Z")
There are three reasons a woman will wear a sweater ------- one is to keep warm and the other two are usually obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/98 "2012-11-28T16:10:50Z")
If you drop a gun or a knife, don’t try to catch it. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/99 "2012-11-28T16:18:20Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Don’t take advice from random strangers on the internet. Okay, I won’t. Hey, wait a minute… ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-sentence-of-good-advice-thread/642265/100 "2012-11-28T17:07:12Z")
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