It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper. Plutarch
Tell her this And more,- That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses Until he stands like a child With surplus of toys. Stephen Crane
The veneration of mighty invisible beings, which was extorted from helpless man through natural fear rooted in the sense of his impotence ... Immanuel Kant
The property of a helpless man must nit be divided before his death. Kikuyu Proverb