Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
The fact that no one like to be bailed out of difficulty by someone else also intrudes; immediate gratitude turns to resentment...
Reminds me of something a nice old Chinese guy told me, he started out as an orphan working in the Malayan tin mines before WW2 and ended up quite successful. He said, "In this life, don't hurt anyone...but don't help anyone either." I used to think he was joking.