Probably for the same reason as that the proverb doesn’t go:
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is burned at the stake for espousing the heresy of light in our kingdom of blessed darkness.
People are trying to make their own point with proverbs… and don’t like them to be turned back upon themselves.
That sounds like a H. G. Wells story (you can listen to it here).
Probably for the same reason as that the proverb doesn’t go:
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is burned at the stake for espousing the heresy of light in our kingdom of blessed darkness.
People are trying to make their own point with proverbs… and don’t like them to be turned back upon themselves.
That sounds like a H. G. Wells story (you can listen to it here).