કાણી કીકીને કાણ વખાણે? તેની આઈ.

kāṇī kīkīnē kāṇa vakhāṇē? tēnī āī.

Literally: Who praises a one-eyed girl? Her mother.
What it means: A person's flaws are overlooked or praised only by those who love them unconditionally.

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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