“It just showed once again that half the world doesn’t know how the other three quarters live.”
Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971)
“901. Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.”
This is printed in some editions as: Half the world knows not how the other half lives.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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