માણસનું માન ધંધામાં છે.

māṇasanuṁ māna dhaṁdhāmāṁ chē.

Literally: A man's honor is in his work.
What it means: True respect is earned through one's own labor, not inherited wealth.

Also said as

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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