કૌડી મીલે ન ભાગ ખીન, હુનર કરે હજાર,

kauḍī mīlē na bhāga khīna, hunara karē hajāra,

Literally: Without good fortune, not a single cowrie is obtained, even if one knows a thousand skills.
What it means: Talent and cleverness fail to yield prosperity unless backed by luck.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: There is no flying from luck.No help for misluck.The more I try, the more I am off.

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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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