બેઠક Bethak

ધુત્તા હોય સલક્ષણા, વેશ્યા હોય સલજ્જ;

dhuttā hōya salakṣaṇā, vēśyā hōya salajja;

Literally
A cheat endowed with good qualities, a prostitute who is modest;
What it means
Certain things are inherently contradictory and untrustworthy by their very nature.

Also said as

  • ખારા પાણ નિર્મળાં, એ ત્રણે ચીજ અભજ્ય.
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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