પોથાં તે થોથાં, અને ડાચાં તે સાચાં.

pōthāṁ tē thōthāṁ, anē ḍācāṁ tē sācāṁ.

Literally: Books are so much waste paper; it is mouths that are true.
What it means: What people actually say and do carries further than anything written down.

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