If you ask me, that's the correct definition of an idiot, someone who is always nice and ready to help others. If you don't use your elbows or are a rude person, you can forget it. Then you attract parasites, people who take advantage of you, and you will indeed be laughed at. It also reminds me of the Bible verse: blessed are the poor in spirit. It's also true that if you don't think too much, you have a considerably easier life, because you can let everything slide off you. Hey, morality is worthless in a world where everyone lives without morals, without standards and values. Then you're just the idiot who clings desperately to something that gets him nowhere. This author was definitely not on our literature list for any language. The books were completely different and often, in the case of Dutch, old Dutch books written a few hundred years ago. Thank you for your response.