The ancients often said, "Laugh at the poor and don't laugh at prostitutes." The last five words are classic, but nine people don't know them.

For today's era, people are also full of infinite pursuit of wealth, because with money, they can live the material life they want. Without money, they can't do anything, and they have to worry about how to go hungry all day.

Although we all say that money is not everything, we have to admit that we can't do anything without money. We work hard for money all day. Speaking of this, I think of an old saying: "Laugh at the poor and don't laugh at the prostitutes". What does this sentence mean?

Laugh at the poor rather than prostitutes, literally: I'd rather laugh at the poor than prostitutes in brothels. Why do you say that? In ancient times, although they were prostitutes with low status, they made money by their own ability, while the poor were lazy and willing to be poor without making any efforts. Therefore, people at that time would rather laugh at the poor than the women who lost their virginity.

The "prostitute" in this sentence has changed its meaning until now. It used to refer to prostitutes, but now it refers to such people who do whatever it takes to live a rich life. For example, crimes, things that violate the moral bottom line, these people seem superficial, but they don't know how many bad things they have done behind them.

Therefore, this sentence has gradually become a representative sentence for contemporary people to satirize those money worshippers, because these people only look at things from the surface and don't understand the truth behind this matter. Judging a person is also based on his superficial scenery, but he doesn't know how to see the essence of this person.

Moreover, there is the second half of this proverb: "help the poor in emergency", which is also a classic sentence, explaining the truth of our ancestors. This sentence means that when we choose to help others, it depends on the situation, and we are more willing to help those who are in urgent need of money in an emergency than those who are chronically poor.

In fact, this sentence is very easy to understand. People who need money badly have no choice because of emergencies, so we helped him in time at this time, and he will be grateful to you for a lifetime. And those who have been very poor, we should also think about it.

Nowadays, anyone with hands and feet can get a bite to eat, and these people are poor because they are lazy and don't want to work. We don't need to help such a person. Even if you help him, he won't want to get out of trouble by making money from his own work, but will rely more on you.

In this way, once there is a second time, they will only ask you for help frequently. Moreover, they are not only ungrateful, but also take it for granted that you help him. So as long as you don't help him once, he will be dissatisfied with you. This is human greed.

In life, there will be many "good people". As long as you look at some poor people, you will feel that you can help a little, but they don't take you seriously at all. After learning this proverb, have you also learned a lot about life?