બાયડીને કમાઈ અને છોકરાંને મીઠાઈ બતાવીએ ત્યારે વશ (રાજી) થાય.

bāyaḍīnē kamāī anē chōkarāṁnē mīṭhāī batāvīē tyārē vaśa (rājī) thāya.

Literally: A wife is won over when shown earnings, and children when shown sweets.
What it means: Different people are pleased and managed by offering them what they value most.

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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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