સુંઠને ગાંગડે ગાંધી થવાય નહીં.

suṁṭhanē gāṁgaḍē gāṁdhī thavāya nahīṁ.

Literally: One cannot become a druggist with a lump of dry ginger.
What it means: Possessing a small part of something does not make one an expert or a master of the whole.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: One flower makes no garland.One swallow does not make spring.

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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