kuuluisa rikkaan tauti vaan ei köyhän kuolemakaan

Finnish

Alternative forms

• kuuluisa rikkaan kipu, vaikkei köyhän kuolema

Proverb

kuuluisa rikkaan tauti vaan ei köyhän kuolemakaan (literally, “famous is the illness of a rich man, yet not even the death of a poor man”)

1. the rich and famous get (much) more attention than the ordinary people