હજામ ભલભલાનાં માથાં નીચાં નમાવે.

hajāma bhalabhalānāṁ māthāṁ nīcāṁ namāvē.

Literally: A barber makes even the greatest heads bow down.
What it means: Certain professions or situations force even the most powerful and proud people to submit and be humble.

Also said as

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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