માઠા ખબર વિજળી વેગે જાય.

māṭhā khabara vijaḷī vēgē jāya.

Literally: Bad news travels at the speed of lightning.
What it means: Misfortune and unpleasant news spread far more rapidly than good news.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Ill news travel apace.Scandal has wings.

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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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