A counsel or a counselor gives advice, more particularly in legal matters.
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Famous quotes containing the word counsel:
“Pause awhile,
And let my counsel sway you in this case.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“If the guardian or the mother
Tell the woes of willful waste,
Scorn their counsel and their pother,
You can hang or drown at last.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“Two may keep counsel when the third’s away.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)