હજામના હાથમાં દાહાડી આવી, તે શું એના બાપની થઈ?

hajāmanā hāthamāṁ dāhāḍī āvī, tē śuṁ ēnā bāpanī thaī?

Literally: The beard came into the barber's hands, but did it become his father's?
What it means: Holding temporary control over someone else's property does not make one its owner.

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ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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