વિખનો વિલાસી જીવ સાકરને શું કરે ?

vikhanō vilāsī jīva sākaranē śuṁ karē ?

Literally: What does a poison-loving creature do with sugar?
What it means: People who are accustomed to bad things cannot appreciate good things.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Sad souls are slain in merry company.

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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