બેઠક Bethak

શિખામણ તો તેને દેખએ, જેને શિખામણ લાગે;

śikhāmaṇa tō tēnē dēkhaē, jēnē śikhāmaṇa lāgē;

Literally
Advice should be given to one who takes advice to heart.
What it means
It is useless to offer counsel to someone who will not listen.

Also said as

  • વાંદરાને શિખામણ દેતાં, સુધરીના માળા લાગે.
  • હાય કાળા રહોં કાળું, પેટ જાણે પાંજરું;
  • આઠ મહિના ઘર ન કીધું, મેર મૂર્ખ વાંદરાં.
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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