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The eagle in one house is in the next a fool.

— Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset Le Méchant (1745)

L'aigle d'une maison n'est qu'un sot dans une autre.

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Cp. One man’s swan is another man’s goose | The eagle of one family is a fool in another. (tr. King)

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