બેઠક Bethak

નહાનાથી નેહ, કાલાંથી કરીએ નહીં;

nahānāthī nēha, kālāṁthī karīē nahīṁ;

Literally
Do not form affection with the small, nor with the deceitful.
What it means
Entrusting one's heart to petty or devious people leads only to betrayal and sorrow.

Also said as

  • છટક દીએ છેહ, સરવાળા સાંઘે નહીં.
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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