વાંઢાની સરસાઈ નખે, ને બાયડીની સરસાઈ દુઃખે.

vāṁḍhānī sarasāī nakhē, nē bāyaḍīnī sarasāī duḥkhē.

Literally: A bachelor's superiority is in his nails, and a married woman's superiority causes pain.
What it means: Settling for an imperfect peaceful state is better than suffering through continuous conflict.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Wisdom prefers an unjust place to a just war.

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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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