Сытый голодного не разумеет (Sytyy golodnogo ne razumeet)

Meaning: The comfortable can't understand the suffering of others.

Literally: The well-fed don't understand the hungry

Example: “Богатые чиновники не знают, как живут простые люди. Сытый голодного не разумеет.” — Wealthy officials don't know how ordinary people live: one half of the world doesn't know how the other half lives.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and 2 more languages

English: One half of the world knows not how the other half lives.
French: La moitié du monde ne sait comment l’autre vit (literally: One half the world knows not how the other half lives)
Spanish: El harto no cree al hambriento (literally: The well-fed man does not believe the hungry one)
German: Der Satte glaubt dem Hungrigen nicht (literally: The well-fed man does not believe the hungry one)
Italian: Chi è sazio non crede al digiuno (literally: Whoever is full doesn't believe in hunger)
Polish: Syty głodnego nie zrozumie (literally: The full won't understand the hungry)
Turkish: Tok açın hâlinden bilmez (literally: The full don't know how the hungry fare)