English
Proverb
man proposes, God disposes
- Things don't always work out as they were planned.
Translations
things don't always work out as they were planned
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- German: der Mensch denkt, Gott lenkt
- Hungarian: ember tervez, Isten végez (hu)
- Portuguese: o homem põe e Deus dispõe
- Russian: челове́к предполага́ет, а бог располага́ет (čelovék predpolagájet, a box raspolagájet) (reading: бог IPA: /box/)
- Spanish: el hombre propone y Dios dispone
- Vietnamese: mưu sự tại nhân, thành sự tại thiên
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References
- Gregory Y. Titelman: Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, page 228, ISBN 0-679-44554-4