વશે ન કર્યું તે કવશે કરવું પડ્યું

vaśē na karyuṁ tē kavaśē karavuṁ paḍyuṁ

Literally: What was not done willingly had to be done unwillingly.
What it means: Refusing to do a task gracefully at first often results in being forced to do it under much worse conditions later.

Also said as

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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