બેઠક Bethak

જેની દાઢી લાંબી તે મૂર્ખ હોય.

jēnī dāḍhī lāṁbī tē mūrkha hōya.

Literally
He whose beard is long is a fool.
What it means
A long beard does not make a man wise, and is often a sign of a fool.

Also said as

  • જેનું ખાઈએ તેનું ગાઈએ.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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