man proposes, God disposes

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Calque of Medieval Latin homo proponit, sed Deus disponit, coined in Thomas à Kempis's De Imitatione Christi.

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 謀事在人,成事在天 /谋事在人 — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Chinese Mandarin: 成事在天 (móushì zài rén, chéngshì zài tiān) — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Czech: člověk míní, pánbůh mění — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Dutch: de mens wikt, God beschikt — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Finnish: ihminen päättää, Jumala säätää — things don't always work out as they were planned
• French: l’homme propose et Dieu dispose — things don't always work out as they were planned
• German: der Mensch denkt, Gott lenkt — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Hungarian: ember tervez, Isten végez — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Irish: is tusa a dúirt agus ní hé Dia — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Italian: l'uomo propone Dio dispone — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Latin: homo proponit, sed Deus disponit — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Polish: człowiek strzela, Pan Bóg kule nosi — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Portuguese: o homem põe e Deus dispõe — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Romanian: omul propune, Dumnezeu dispune — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Russian: челове́к предполага́ет, а бог располага́ет (čelovék predpolagájet, a box raspolagájet) — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Slovak: človek mieni, pánboh mení — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Spanish: el hombre propone y Dios dispone — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Swedish: Människan spår, gud rår. — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Vietnamese: mưu sự tại nhân, thành sự tại thiên — things don't always work out as they were planned
• Vietnamese: người tính không bằng trời tính — things don't always work out as they were planned