جا يكحلها عماها
“He came to line her eyes with kohl and blinded her instead.”
Even a well-intentioned attempt to help can end up causing greater harm.
— Traditional Morocco Wisdom, Morocco
Source: Traditional Moroccan (Darija) proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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