લાપસી જીભે પીરસવી, ત્યારે મોળી શી પીરસવી?

lāpasī jībhē pīrasavī, tyārē mōḷī śī pīrasavī?

Literally: When serving sweet lapsi on the tongue, why serve it tasteless?
What it means: Used to advise that if one chooses to speak or give, one should do so generously and pleasantly.

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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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