[nomoremods]

“You can’t steal Second with your foot on First!” - Somebody

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Or “You can’t swim in the deep end of the pool while you’re holding onto the wall in the shallow end.” - Same somebody

[Praxeologue]

“You can’t steal Second with your foot on First!” - Somebody

or “You can’t swim in the deep end of the pool while you’re holding onto the wall in the shallow end.” - Same somebody

You can't run a sub-4 marathon unless you do 10K a day.

If you're going to toss around analogies from a Thesaurus, make it about something that you are capable of yourself. Envy is a socialist character trait.