બેઠક Bethak

ઠકરા ખાતાં હુશીઆર થવાય.

ṭhakarā khātāṁ huśīāra thavāya.

Literally
By stumbling on obstacles, one becomes clever.
What it means
Wisdom and caution are learned through bitter personal experience and hardship.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Man is a foolish creature, he will follow no examples and he will pay too dear for his experience.

Also said as

  • લાખ ખાય ત્યારે લાખેના થાય.
  • ઘાટ ઘાટનાં પાણી પીએ, ત્યારે ઘડાય.
  • બત્રીશ ગેદા ખાય ત્યારે બત્રીશ લક્ષણે થાય.
  • ઘણા ટકરા ખાય ત્યારે પાકા થાય.
  • બહાર ફરે તે બાજંદો થાય.
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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