ઊંચે ઊંચે સળે ચડે, નીચું વહે ન કાય;

ūṁcē ūṁcē saḷē caḍē, nīcuṁ vahē na kāya;

Literally: Everyone climbs higher and higher, no one flows downward;
What it means: Humility and modesty elevate a person's character far higher than pride and ambition.

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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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