મોર વગડામાં નાચ્યા કોણે જોયા?

mōra vagaḍāmāṁ nācyā kōṇē jōyā?

Literally: Who saw the peacock dance in the wilderness?
What it means: Talents, beauty, or achievements are wasted if there is no audience to appreciate them.

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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