નરમગરમ થઈએ ત્યારે મેળ આવે.

naramagarama thaīē tyārē mēḷa āvē.

Literally: When we become soft and hard, then the match comes.
What it means: Adaptability is required to handle different situations.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: ઉત્તમ વિદ્યા લીજીએ, યદપિ નીચક હોય;પક્ષો અપાવન હોરમેં, કંચન તજે ન કોય.સામે થાય આગ ત્યારે આપણે થઈએ પાણી;જણ આગળ અજાણ થઈએ, તત્વ લઈએ તાણી.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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