ભસતા કુત્તા કરડે નહીં, ગાજ્યા મેઘ વરસે નહીં.

bhasatā kuttā karaḍē nahīṁ, gājyā mēgha varasē nahīṁ.

Literally: Barking dogs do not bite, thundering clouds do not rain.
What it means: People who make loud threats are usually harmless.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Barking dogs seldom bite.True valour is fire, but bullying is smoke.

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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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