નાને ભડકે દિવાણી ને મોટે ભડકે હોળી.

nānē bhaḍakē divāṇī nē mōṭē bhaḍakē hōḷī.

Literally: A small spark is a nuisance, a big spark is a bonfire.
What it means: Small problems can be managed, but large ones become uncontrollable disasters.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Short pleasure, long lament.Every pleasure is followed by pain.

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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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