ما يْحِس بِالجمْرة كان الّي يعْفِس عْليها
“Only the one who steps on the ember feels its burn.”
You can only truly understand someone else's suffering by experiencing it yourself.
— Traditional Tunisia Wisdom, Tunisia
Source: Traditional Tunisia proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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