ન પહોંચીઆને હજાર બાહાનાં.

na pahōṁcīānē hajāra bāhānāṁ.

Literally: The incompetent person has a thousand excuses.
What it means: Those who fail to perform a task will always find numerous excuses to justify themselves.

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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