haves and have nots

[substitute]

The rich say to the poor: Our wealth isn't as wonderful to have as you think; you're piggish and immature to desire it so; and we are to be congratulated and admired for having it.

And not just about money, either.

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"The poor man has always a precise view of his problem and its remedy: he hasn't enough and he needs more. The rich man can assume or imagine a much greater variety of ills and he will be correspondingly less certain of their remedy."