پانی میں رہ کر مگرمچھ سے بیر
“Living in the water, yet feuding with the crocodile.”
It is foolish to make an enemy of someone who has power over your own situation.
— Traditional Pakistan Wisdom, Pakistan
Source: Traditional Urdu proverb (zarb-ul-misl), public-domain oral tradition
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