સોમાં એક આવ્યો, તો નવાણું રલા.

sōmāṁ ēka āvyō, tō navāṇuṁ ralā.

Literally: If one came out of a hundred, then ninety-nine were mixed in.
What it means: A single successful outcome highlights how much effort was wasted on the rest.

Also said as

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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