આર વગર ચીથરું અક્કડ રહે નહીં.

āra vagara cītharuṁ akkaḍa rahē nahīṁ.

Literally: Without a needle, a rag will not stay stiff.
What it means: Without the necessary support or structure, a weak person or situation cannot hold itself together.

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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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