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龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜粗皮。

The turtle laughs at the terrapin for having no tail, and the terrapin laughs at the turtle for its rough shell.

Two people who share the same flaw mock one another for it, blind to their own equal fault.

Traditional Taiwan Wisdom, Taiwan

Source: Traditional Taiwan proverb, public-domain oral tradition

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