
“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”
The Sixth Night.
The White Tiger (2008)
“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”
“Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.”
Source: Water Sleeps (1999), Chapter 87 (p. 314)
“The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.”
Attributed to Leo Tolstoy in Romance and Reality (1912) by Holbrook Jackson.
Misattributed
“To find riches is a beggar’s dream, but to find love is the dream of kings.”
Source: Bloodline
1960s, The Quest for Peace and Justice (1964)
“Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream.”
Source: The Task (1785), Book III, The Garden, Line 265.