People
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
— Wilson Mizner
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Mizner offers pragmatic advice about treating people well regardless of your current status, warning that today's rise can just as easily become tomorrow's fall. The logic is almost transactional: kindness pays off later because the people you meet climbing up may be the very same people you encounter coming back down.
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