લીલો ઘડો ટપલા ખમે, પાકો ન ખમે.

līlō ghaḍō ṭapalā khamē, pākō na khamē.

Literally: A wet pot tolerates patting, a baked one does not.
What it means: Young minds can be molded through correction, whereas set adults resist any discipline.

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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