man proposes, God disposes
- man proposes, God disposes
Cf. early 14th-cent. Fr. car se li homme mal propose, Diex..le dispose, for if man proposes evil, God..disposes of it; c 1420 T. A KEMPIS De Imitatione Christi I. XIX. homo proponit, sed Deus disponit (see quot. c 1450 below).
c 1440 J. LYDGATE Fall of Princes (EETS) I. 3291 A man off malice may a thyng purpose..But God a-boue can graciousli dispose [determine] Ageyn such malice to make resistence.
c 1450 tr. T. à Kempis’ De Imitatione Christi (EETS) I. xix. For man purposith and god disposith.
1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 1 Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
1853 R. C. TRENCH On Lessons in Proverbs (ed. 2) iii. A proverb..Man proposes, God disposes..that every nation in Europe possesses.
1958 L. DURRELL Mountolive iv. 88 In diplomacy one can only propose, never dispose. That is up to God, don’t you think?
1997 Times 9 Aug. 8 God’s will is not something to be commanded; recall the saying ‘Man proposes, God disposes’.
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