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The Best Advice

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by Beth Vogt @BethVogt I think the encouragement to keep reading is good advice for anyone, don�t you?  I certainly never lack for books to read � and while sometimes I just read for pleasure, there are certain books that have influenced me greatly, changing my thoughts about life and about myself. There are any number of quotes about advice: " No one can give you better advice than yourself.� -Cicero (106 BC � 43 BC), Roman philosopher  (Not sure I agree with Cicero.) �Wise men don�t need advice. Fools won�t take it.� -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States  (Ben has a point.) �I owe my success to listening respectfully to the best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.� -G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), English writer & theologian  (Had to laugh at G.K.�s attitude.) �Whatever advice you give, be brief.� -Horace (65 BC � 8 BC), Roman lyric poet  (Totally agree with Horace.) I�ve both given and rec...