બેઠક Bethak

થેડી તોએ ઓળખાણ, સાદા તોએ વેધ;

thēḍī tōē ōḷakhāṇa, sādā tōē vēdha;

Literally
Even if little, it is an acquaintance; even if simple, it is a physician;
What it means
Even a small connection or a simple remedy has its own value and should not be dismissed.

Also said as

  • કટાયેલ તોએ નાણું, ભૂપેલ તોએ દેશ.
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

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