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itselleen porsas kiusaa tekee, kun kaukalonsa kaataa

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itselleen porsas kiusaa tekee, kun kaukalonsa kaataa (literally, “the piglet only bothers itself by tipping its trough over”)

  1. a person who sets out to do something out of spite often ends up hurting themselves more than the one they are trying to hurt