Note 394 — THE MAN WHO STOLE THE DISH OF GOLD WHEREIN THE DOG ATE.
Richard Francis Burton translation
In Trébutien (Lane ii. 501) the merchant says to ex-Dives, “Thou art wrong in charging Destiny with injustice. If thou art ignorant of the cause of thy ruin I will acquaint thee with it. Thou feddest the dogs in dishes of gold and leftest the poor to die of hunger.” A superstition, but intelligible.