વાતે વીસરી જાય, તે વાહારામાં શેણે ચહડે;

vātē vīsarī jāya, tē vāhārāmāṁ śēṇē cahaḍē;

Literally: Who forgets everything in mere talk, how will he come to the rescue;
What it means: Someone who is easily distracted or terrified by talk will never help in times of actual danger.

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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