On Giving Advice
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On Giving Advice
This essay has been written by 'Joseph Addison' who was on essayist of the eighteen centuary. He tried to improve the morality of his readers with his wit. He wrote in a simple and easy to understand language. In this essay he tells us that most people are unwilling to be advised by others. They think that the man who gives them advice is insulting their intelligence. He also thinks that he is superior to the receiver of advice. The giver advice thinks that the receiver of advice is inferior in understanding. So advice has to be made pleasant. All the writers of the modern times and olden days have tried their best to make their advice pleasant thriugh humour, wit and in the best chosen words. Addison thinks that the best method of making advice acceptable is by means of a fable. A fable is a made-up story. It gives a moral lesson. Readers think that they are advising themselves. So they do not mind being given such an advice.
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