handout

is what they call it if you’re poor and free things are given to you. If you’re rich and free things are given to you, it’s a perk.

If you’re poor and free things are given to you, it’s a handout. If you’re rich and free things are given to you, it’s a perk.

is destructive. When people are given anything without having to earn it (unless they are physically or mentally utterly incapable of earning anything), they become ungrateful and lazy. They also become less happy.

As you get older and wiser you realize that when people are given anything without having to earn it (unless they are physically or mentally utterly incapable of earning anything), they become ungrateful and lazy. They also become less happy.

is more responsible for eroding character than anything.

Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing

is unwise --- Injurious is the gift that takes away freedom.

is always resented on some level --- We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

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