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The following well-known sayings listed below have been reworded but the original meaning has been kept. Can you solve them?

Example: lack of awareness brings elation
Answer: "ignorance is bliss"

1) quietness hardly ever damages
2) sloth is the seed of wickedness
3) favorable counsel surpasses any expense
4) it's not necessary to condemn a culpable mind.

Thanks

1. maybe 'silence is golden'? not madly convinced though......

1. or maybe " A soft answer turneth away wrath ( but grievous words stir up anger) from Proverbs ?
Clutching at straws here.....

3 Good advice is beyond all price

1 silence seldom hurts
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SvQUbm8UdsIC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=silence+seldom+hurts+proverb&source=bl&ots=nZmEjxb1R3&sig=0vtWiv_k2pRCr-xEx4rZbgDBciY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hjcjVLOADqT9ywOep4KgDg&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=silence%20seldom%20hurts%20proverb&f=false

2 the devil finds work for idle hands

I found another one which is a proverb. "Idleness is the root of all evil" which makes more sense?

4 a guilty conscience needs no accuser

new to me but saw it here
http://www.proverbialplanet.com/2013/11/a-guilty-conscience-needs-no-accuser.html

hello icauser , yours is nearer to the original question - I'm just more familiar with mine .

we may never know...