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

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

Literally: A wise enemy is better, but a foolish friend is not good; an ugly but skilled woman is better than a beautiful picture.
What it means: A wise adversary is preferable to a foolish ally, just as practical skill is far more valuable than mere superficial beauty.

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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