પરાઈ પીડા ભૂલતાં વાર લાગે નહીં.

parāī pīḍā bhūlatāṁ vāra lāgē nahīṁ.

Literally: It takes no time to forget another person's pain.
What it means: People easily disregard or forget the suffering of others because it does not directly affect them.

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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