કહે લોંડી નવ્વાબ, તો કહે નવ્વાબ, કહે છોને વર ધરડા?

kahē lōṁḍī navvāba, tō kahē navvāba, kahē chōnē vara dharaḍā?

Literally: If you call a woman a Nawab, she says 'Nawab', even if the groom is old.
What it means: Flattery can make people ignore obvious flaws or realities.

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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