There are two kinds of people on earth today
just two kinds of people, no more, I say.
Not the saint and the sinner,
for tis well understood the good are half bad
and the bad are half good; not the rich and the poor,
for to count a mans wealth you must first know
the state of his conscience and health;
Not the humble and proud,
for in life's little span who puts on vain airs is not counted a man;
not the happy and sad, for the swift-flying
years bring each man his laughter
and each man his tears.
No! the two kinds of people on earth
I mean are the people who lift and the people who lean.
Wherever you go you will find the world's masses
Are always divided in just these two classes;
And oddly enough you will find too, I've seen,
There is only one lifter to twenty who lean. In which class are you.
Are you easing the load of over taxed lifters who toil down the road?
Or are you a leaner who lets others bear
Your portion of labor and worry and care.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox