This line which says a lot about how we should behave and treat people, is also called an “antimetabole”, a clever literary technique in which a phrase is repeated, but key words are reversed to produce a deeper sense.
It’s been attributed to a lot a famous persons, from tennis champion Roger Federer to the famous investor John Templeton.
Yet, it seems that the guy who invented is is no other than Walter Winchell, a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator, who crafted the expression using “swell” instead of “nice” in 1937.
Our modern society in general, and Trump in particular, overly promotes the value of being important, but when all is said and done, people are remembered for the way they treat others.
What we do everyday to make a difference in someone else's life can add up to huge differences in their lives, whether it’s big or small. It is a truism that helping others makes us feel so much better!
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