The Above is a Popular-Saying. Unfortunately, I know not its Origin. But, I most definitely recognize the Truth/Honesty of the Statement. It’s something which I’ve witnessed/observed my Entire-Life. It’s a True-Interpretation, amongst Countless-Interpretations of the Human-Experience. As Human-Beings: none of us truly ever want to be criticized. It’s simply an Uncomfortable-Confirmation that we’re Inherently-Imperfect & won’t be Right all of the Time. We absolutely hate being Wrong about anything. Worse yet, we hate even more to be corrected. Allah explains in detail, the Fragility of Humanity.(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.4, V.28)
And, because of this, literally, those of us wielding any Sort of: Prestige, Influence, Power, Dominance, Control, etc. we want to keep it at any/all Costs. One of the Easiest-Ways to do so is to (marginalize, neutralize, eliminate, etc.) rid ourselves of anyone/everyone who’d dare prove us imperfect, fragile, fraudulent, corrupt, etc. This-Tactic is an Ancient-Tool, which has been used by basically every Human-Civilization, to consolidate/maintain one’s Grip on those they aim to keep under them.
Gareth Bryant 1443, A.H./2022, C.E.
Gareth Bryant 