મીઠામાં મીઠું શું? હીંય કે ગરજ.

mīṭhāmāṁ mīṭhuṁ śuṁ? hīṁya kē garaja.

Literally: What is the sweetest of sweet? Affection or self-interest.
What it means: Self-interest or genuine affection makes anything feel far sweeter than all else.

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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