Be selfish
Help and be selfish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Help" instead a verb phrase "Be selfish".
Help
Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Both terms in one sentence
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Chris can be selfish sometimes, but will otherwise help people who are in trouble.
Source: Anime / Sonic X - Although Rolan doesn't actively going around slaughtering people, he bitterly refuses all entreaties of help and considers all humans to be selfish assholes.
Source: Misanthrope Supreme - Her heartbreaking backstory makes it clear that when she says magical girls should be selfish, she really is trying to help Sayaka by preventing her from making the same mistakes she did.
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