૧૫. ન બોલ્યામાં નવ ગુણ. (ચુપકી રાખવા વિષે)

15. na bōlyāmāṁ nava guṇa. (cupakī rākhavā viṣē)

Literally: There are nine virtues in not speaking.
What it means: Silence is often more beneficial than speech.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: મૌનેન સર્વર્થસાધનમ્.એલે તે એ ખાય, અબોલે ત્રણ ખાય.

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ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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