“In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.”
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Italian politician, Writer and Author
In terra di ciechi chi vi ha un occhio è signore.
Act III, scene ix
The Mandrake (1524)
“I think we have still to get to a place where we feel satisfied. We have this saying - "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."”
We are a little bit that way. <br class="br">On India's performance amid the 2015 world economy slow down, as quoted in " India 'one-eyed' king in land of blind, says Rajan http://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/india-one-eyed-king-in-land-of-blind-says-rajan-116041600663_1.html", Business Standard (16 April 2016)
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