બેઠક Bethak

મુખ મીઠાં મનમાં કપટ, સ્વાર્થ લગી સગાઈ છે, કદી જોખમકારી જીવને મૂર્ખની મિત્રાઈ છે.

mukha mīṭhāṁ manamāṁ kapaṭa, svārtha lagī sagāī chē, kadī jōkhamakārī jīvanē mūrkhanī mitrāī chē.

Literally
Sweet on the lips but deceit in the mind, relationships last only as long as there is self-interest; friendship with a fool is always dangerous.
What it means
Beware of people who use flattery for selfish gain.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Full of courtesy full of craft.He has one face to God, and another to devil.A honey tongue, devil at heart.The fair speeches of a bad man are designed for treachery.Beware of fine tongue, it will sting you mortally.God is in his tongue and devil in his heart.

Also said as

  • મુખ મીઠાં મનમાં કપટ, સ્વાર્થ લગી સગાઈ છે,
  • કદી જોખમકારી જીવને મૂર્ખની મિત્રાઈ છે.
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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