“In the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
August Wilson Gem of the Ocean
Source: Gem of the Ocean
“In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.”
In terra di ciechi chi vi ha un occhio è signore.
Act III, scene ix
The Mandrake (1524)
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“In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.”
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