અણીના ચુક્યા સો વરસ જીવે.

aṇīnā cukyā sō varasa jīvē.

Literally: Those who miss by a hair's breadth live for a hundred years.
What it means: People who narrowly escape danger often end up living a long life.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Threatened folks live long.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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