ચોપાયા—બાર કાસી ભાષા બદલે, તરવર બદલે શાણા;

cōpāyā—bāra kāsī bhāṣā badalē, taravara badalē śāṇā;

Literally: Every twelve miles the language changes, the tree changes, but the nature does not change.
What it means: Fundamental character remains constant regardless of external changes.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Crooked by nature, will never be straight by education.What is bred in the bone, will not come out in flesh.A rope even after it is burnt to ashes it keeps its coils.

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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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