money won is twice as sweet as money earned

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Etymology edit

From a line spoken by Paul Newman (as Eddie Folson) in the 1986 film The Color of Money.

Proverb edit

money won is twice as sweet as money earned

  1. It is more enjoyable to obtain money by gambling than to obtain it by working.