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Feb 06, 2004 11:22

Anyone know the origin of this quote? I know I could look it up, but that would take effort and I'm being lazy.

In the land of the blind, the man with one eye is king.

I've heard this like three times in the last two days, and it's driving me nuts . . . the random coincidence as well as the speaker/author.

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goth_clark February 6 2004, 18:33:19 UTC
*cracks whip* Get to work you slacker. *vbg*

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Re: rontgenkatze February 7 2004, 18:48:38 UTC
OW! The recap is up, you slavedriver! ;)

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eleanorb February 6 2004, 18:55:32 UTC
It's H.G. Wells.

The exact quote is:

In the Country of the Blind the One-eyed Man is King

It's from his book The Country of the Blind.

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Re: rontgenkatze February 7 2004, 18:49:35 UTC
Thank you so much, eleanor! I'm sorry to be so unread and lazy.

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eleanorb February 7 2004, 19:11:21 UTC
LOL!!! You just didn't have time to look it up on Google the way I did :-)

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