બેઠક Bethak

ઠાકરે ખાતાં હુશીઆર થવાય.

ṭhākarē khātāṁ huśīāra thavāya.

Literally
By eating stumbles, one becomes wise.
What it means
Experience is gained through making mistakes.
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 લાખનો થાય.
  • ઘાટ ઘાટનાં પાણી પીએ, ત્યારે ઘડાય.
  • બત્રીશ ગોદા ખાય ત્યારે બત્રીશ લક્ષણો થાય.
  • ઘણા ટકરા ખાય ત્યારે પાકા થાય.
  • બહાર ફરે તે બાજંદો થાય.
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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