we can never be truly happy if we know that we have stepped on others to attain it

A man would sometimes find it forbidding to drop a girl in favor of another because he doesn't want to hurt her feelings and would rather choose the slow and the not too obvious exit. The other may row on two rivers because he simply enjoys it and would continue to take advantage of both women to satisfy his own needs. The other enjoys the privilege given by a woman who doesn't mind sharing her pie. She would consent to the other party and blindly hold on to the pain because she believes it is better to share him and have him than to take him and lose him.

Let us always remember that we can never be truly happy if we know that we have stepped on others to attain it. Happiness is not when we get because we have taken. It is when we have taken because we were given.