દુશ્મન તો ડાહ્યો ભલો, ભલો ન મુરખ મિત્ર; કદરૂપી પણ કલાગરી, નહીં રૂપાળી ચિત્ર.

duśmana tō ḍāhyō bhalō, bhalō na murakha mitra; kadarūpī paṇa kalāgarī, nahīṁ rūpāḷī citra.

What it means: Not written up yet.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: An open enemy is better than a false friend.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · awaiting its meaning

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