બેઠક Bethak

નાતે કાળીએ વધારે જમાય.

nātē kāḷīē vadhārē jamāya.

Literally
Eating with small morsels allows one to eat more.
What it means
Exercising moderation and taking small steps enables a person to sustain an activity for much longer.

Also said as

  • નાતે મ્હોડે મોટા કાળીઓ ન ભરાય.
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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