ઊંચે બેઠે નાં લહે, ગુણ બિન બડપણ કોય;

ūṁcē bēṭhē nāṁ lahē, guṇa bina baḍapaṇa kōya;

Literally: By sitting up high, no one achieves greatness without virtue;
What it means: Asserts that high status or position alone does not make a person great if they lack noble qualities.

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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