SYDNEY: You don’t seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help. I tell you there is no despair like the despair of the man who has everything.
Jean Kerr (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Play (1965), Poor Richard , Act 1
This line is in both the original written version and the stage production; in the former, though, there are some additional lines in between, tying the observation back to writers and their unhappiness even when successful.
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