ઓડે અચકાઈ જવાય, વિચારી પગ ન ભરાય તે.

ōḍē acakāī javāya, vicārī paga na bharāya tē.

Literally: One gets tripped by the threshold, if one does not think and place the foot.
What it means: Lack of foresight leads to avoidable mistakes.

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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