Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
All sunshine makes desert.
Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man. Better a handful of dry dates and content therewith than to own the Gate of Peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel. Cannot Clap Proverbes Tunisiens Arnander, Primrose, and Ashkhain Skipwith. The Son of a Duck is a Floater and Other Arab Sayings with English Equivalents . Illustrated by Kathryn Lamb.