કપાળનું ટીલું કપાળે થાય, કપાળનું ટીલું ગાલે ન થાય.

kapāḷanuṁ ṭīluṁ kapāḷē thāya, kapāḷanuṁ ṭīluṁ gālē na thāya.

Literally: The mark on the forehead stays on the forehead, it cannot go on the cheek.
What it means: Everything has its rightful place, and misplacing honors looks absurd.

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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