બેઠક Bethak

દાટ્યા ભૂલે પણ લખ્યા ન ભૂલે.

dāṭyā bhūlē paṇa lakhyā na bhūlē.

Literally
What is buried may be forgotten, but what is written is not forgotten.
What it means
Written records are the most reliable form of memory.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
A written letter remains as ovidence in black and white.Setting down in writing is a lasting memory.

Also said as

  • એક લખ્યું ને સો ભણ્યું.
  • ઘોળા ઉપર કાળું તે જ્યારે ત્યારે અજવાળું.
  • લખાણું તે વંચાણું.
  • ઘોળા ઉપર કાળું થયું તેજ ખરું.
  • લખ્યું ભાખ્યાને ઠેલે.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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