الجرة يلي رح تنكسر بتنكسر ولو لفيتها بالقطن.
“The jar destined to break will break, even wrapped in cotton.”
What is fated to happen will happen despite every precaution taken to prevent it.
— Traditional Syria Wisdom, Syria
Source: Traditional Syria proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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