બેઠક Bethak

મૂર્ખને કઈ પેરે સમજાવું, એને નિશ્ચે નરકમાં જાવું.

mūrkhanē kaī pērē samajāvuṁ, ēnē niścē narakamāṁ jāvuṁ.

Literally
How to explain to a fool, he is destined to go to hell.
What it means
It is impossible to teach someone who refuses to learn.

Also said as

  • મૂર્ખને શિખામણ, વિષ બરાબર.
  • શિખામણ આપવાથી મૂર્ખ કાપે.
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

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