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proverb
No matter how well a project is planned, accidents or misfortune can still occur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From a Scots poem by Robert Burns, To a Mouse. In the original Scots, the lines are, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley”.
