આશા ઊંડી ખાડ, પહાડથી થાય ન પુરી;

āśā ūṁḍī khāḍa, pahāḍathī thāya na purī;

Literally: Hope is a deep pit, it cannot be filled even by a mountain.
What it means: Human greed and desire are insatiable.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Live in hopes and die in despair.It is hope alone that makes us willing to live.

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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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