બેઠક Bethak

ઠંડા લોહીનો સૂકો રોટલો સારો.

ṭhaṁḍā lōhīnō sūkō rōṭalō sārō.

Literally
A dry bread with a cool blood is good.
What it means
It is better to have little and be at peace than to have much and be anxious.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
A great fortune is a great misery.Better is a little with ease, than a great deal with anxiety.

Also said as

  • લાખ મળતા નથી ને લખેશરી થતા નથી.
  • સુખની પીંજણ પીંજતા, કીં કમતડી ધાઇ.
  • સુખનો જીવ દુઃખમાં શા સારૂ નાંખવો?
  • (ઉંચે જીવે) પારકા ઘેબર કરતાં ઘરની ઘેસ સારી.
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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