લાડ મેધાં, ફજેતી સોંઘી.

lāḍa mēdhāṁ, phajētī sōṁghī.

Literally: Pampering is expensive, humiliation is cheap.
What it means: Spoiling someone costs a lot, but the resulting public disgrace comes easily and at no cost.

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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