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Literary
May 27, 1896
The Advocate
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
What is this article about?
A reflective essay arguing that the best advice is 'Mind your own business,' which prevents heartache, wrangling, ensures success, and promotes harmony and complete life.
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OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
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The Best Advice.
I am more and more convinced, the longer I live, that the very best advice that was ever given from friend to friend is contained in these four words, "Mind your own business." The following of it would save many a heartache. Its observance would insure against every sort of wrangling. When we mind our own business we are sure of success in what we undertake, and may count upon a glorious immunity of failure. When the husbandman harvests a crop by hanging over the fence and watching his neighbor hoe weeds, it will be time for you and me to achieve renown in any undertaking in which we do not exclusively need to mind our own business. If I had a family of young folks to give advice to, my early, late and constant admonition would be always and everywhere, to "mind your own business." Thus should they woo harmony and peace, and live to enjoy something like completeness of life.
—A Wise Man.
I am more and more convinced, the longer I live, that the very best advice that was ever given from friend to friend is contained in these four words, "Mind your own business." The following of it would save many a heartache. Its observance would insure against every sort of wrangling. When we mind our own business we are sure of success in what we undertake, and may count upon a glorious immunity of failure. When the husbandman harvests a crop by hanging over the fence and watching his neighbor hoe weeds, it will be time for you and me to achieve renown in any undertaking in which we do not exclusively need to mind our own business. If I had a family of young folks to give advice to, my early, late and constant admonition would be always and everywhere, to "mind your own business." Thus should they woo harmony and peace, and live to enjoy something like completeness of life.
—A Wise Man.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Mind Own Business
Moral Advice
Harmony Peace
Success Immunity
What entities or persons were involved?
—A Wise Man.
Literary Details
Title
The Best Advice.
Author
—A Wise Man.
Key Lines
"Mind Your Own Business."