pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered

proverb

Reasonable ambition or profit leads to gain, yet excessive greed or overreaching leads to ruin.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. cautionary proverbReasonable ambition or profit leads to gain, yet excessive greed or overreaching leads to ruin.
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