The gods help them that help themselves.
Well, you get the message, I hope (wink).
Sightings (or citings) of the phrase are often seen in classic English literature.
This, from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce:
Mr Dedalus pushed his plate over to Stephen and bade him finish what was on it.
“Now then, Stephen”, he said. “You mustput your shoulder to the wheel, old chap. You’ve had a fine long holiday.”
“O, I’m sure he’ll work very hard now”, said Mrs Dedalus, “especially when he has Maurice with him.”
“O, Holy Paul, I forgot about Maurice”, said Mr Dedalus. “Here, Maurice! Come here, you thick-headed ruffian! Do you know I’m going to send you to a college where they'll teach you to spell c.a.t. cat. And I’ll buy you a nice little penny handkerchief to keep your nose dry. Won’t that be grand fun?”
Maurice grinned at his father and then at his brother.
This, from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy:
ARABELLA was preparing breakfast in the downstairs back room of this small, recently hired tenement of her father's. She put her head into the little pork-shop in front, and told Mr. Donn it was ready. Donn, endeavouring to look like a master pork-butcher, in a greasy blue blouse, and with a strap round his waist from which a steel dangled, came in promptly.
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