ચૌટે ચાર (કિસ્મત) ને વાડીએ અઢાર.

cauṭē cāra (kismata) nē vāḍīē aḍhāra.

Literally: Four in the market square, and eighteen in the orchard.
What it means: True wealth and productivity are found where work is done, not in idle public places.

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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