એક ધાએ કૂવો ખોદાય નહીં.

ēka dhāē kūvō khōdāya nahīṁ.

Literally: A well cannot be dug in one stroke.
What it means: Great tasks require patience and sustained effort.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Rome was not built in a day.Expect not all at once.

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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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