A Quote by Eric Hoffer
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.
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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.
An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We do not regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs as harmless. We do not say that such a man 'minds his own business'. Rather we say he has no business here at all.
In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
The biggest fool is one who minds the business of others rather than minding his very own
A writer's business is minding other people's business ... all the vices of the village gossip are the virtues of the writer.
My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want.
We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.
...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And further, we have often heard and often said that justice consists of minding your own business and not interfering with other people.
A man that advances in spiritual and in temporal matters at the same time, minding to keep the spiritual first, will not let the temporal lead him; he will not place his heart upon his farm, his horses, or any possession that he has. He will place his desires in heaven, and will anchor his hope in that eternal soil; and his temporal affairs will come up as he advances in the knowledge of God.
The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business.
The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business.
You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.
That's how it works in Westerns: the hero is minding his own business and trying to make a living, but he does something, the villain finds out about it and they have to have a showdown. So it's kind of a Western set to hip hop music.
It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if God likes the way you do things, he may just let you flower for a day or a night. But don't go pestering and begging and telling him all your stupid little sins, that way you will spoil his day.
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