કોડી ચોર તે પાડી ચોર.

kōḍī cōra tē pāḍī cōra.

Literally: One who steals a cowrie is one who steals a heifer.
What it means: A thief is a thief; the size of the first theft settles nothing.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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