Better a handful of dried figs and content with that, than to own the gate of peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel. (Moroccan Proverb)

Better a handful of dried figs and content with that, than to own the gate of peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel.

Moroccan Proverb

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