માંખ મારે તે માણસ મારે..

māṁkha mārē tē māṇasa mārē..

Literally: He who kills a fly, kills a man.
What it means: A person who commits small crimes will eventually commit big ones.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: He who has done ill once, will do it again.He that will steal an egg, will steal an ox.

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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