અર્ધ વસાનું માનવી, વીશ વસાનું લુગડું.

ardha vasānuṁ mānavī, vīśa vasānuṁ lugaḍuṁ.

Literally: A half-measure man, a twenty-measure cloth.
What it means: People often try to hide their lack of substance behind flashy appearances.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Fine feathers make fine birds.

Also said as

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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