ફીકર જીવની પીડ, ફીકર જીવને ખાય;

phīkara jīvanī pīḍa, phīkara jīvanē khāya;

Literally: Worry is the pain of life, worry eats the life;
What it means: Constant anxiety and worry destroy a person's physical and mental well-being.

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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