દૂહરા—ધરા વિણ ધાન ન નીપજે, કુળ વિણ માઠુ ન હોય;

dūharā—dharā viṇa dhāna na nīpajē, kuḷa viṇa māṭhu na hōya;

Literally: Without the earth, grain is not produced; without the family, there is no character.
What it means: Good character is inherited from one's family background.

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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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