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1547
Morall Phylosophie
III
. xvi. 06
V
Man is the measure of all thynges.
1631
Warres of Pompey & Caesar
II
. E2
As of all things, man is said the measure, So your full merits measure forth a man.
1948
Northern Farm
xii.
‘Man the measure of all things.’ A good adage.
1980
Times
Greece Supplement 15 Dec p. iv.
The belief that man was the measure of all things .. led the Greeks into .. new disciplines.
human nature
Morall Phylosophie
III
. xvi. 06
V
Man is the measure of all thynges.
1631
Warres of Pompey & Caesar
II
. E2
As of all things, man is said the measure, So your full merits measure forth a man.
1948
Northern Farm
xii.
‘Man the measure of all things.’ A good adage.
1980
Times
Greece Supplement 15 Dec p. iv.
The belief that man was the measure of all things .. led the Greeks into .. new disciplines.
human nature
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. à KEMPIS
De Imitatione Christi
I
. xix.
homo proponit
,
sed Deus disponit
, man proposes but God disposes.
c
1440
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
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 1
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
1853
On Lessons in Proverbs
(ed. 2) iii.
A proverb .. Man proposes, God disposes .. that every nation in Europe possesses.
1958
Mountolive
IV
. 88
In diplomacy one can only propose, never dispose. That is up to God, don't you think?
1983
Floodgate
iv.
‘Where were you? Your promise to look after me! Fine promise.’ ‘Man proposes, God disposes’.
1997
Times
9 Aug. 8
God's will is not something to be commanded; recall the saying ‘Man proposes, God disposes.’
fate and fatalism
;
providence
car se li homme mal propose
,
Diex .. le dispose
, for if man proposes evil, God .. disposes of it;
c
1420
T. à KEMPIS
De Imitatione Christi
I
. xix.
homo proponit
,
sed Deus disponit
, man proposes but God disposes.
c1440
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
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 1
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
1853
On Lessons in Proverbs
(ed. 2) iii.
A proverb .. Man proposes, God disposes .. that every nation in Europe possesses.
1958
Mountolive
IV
. 88
In diplomacy one can only propose, never dispose. That is up to God, don't you think?
1983
Floodgate
iv.
‘Where were you? Your promise to look after me! Fine promise.’ ‘Man proposes, God disposes’.
1997
Times
9 Aug. 8
God's will is not something to be commanded; recall the saying ‘Man proposes, God disposes.’
fate and fatalism;
providence
MAN'S extremity is God's opportunity
1629Works
619
Heere is now a deliuery fit for God, a cure for the Almightie hand to vndertake. Mans extremity is Gods opportunitie.
1706
in
Defoe Hist. Union
(1709) v. 34
Man's Extremity is God's opportunity … Some unforeseen Providence will fall out, that may cast the Ballance.
1916
Valley of Decision
viii.
In the first winter of the war .. we were all much encouraged by tales of a new thirst for religion among the majority of the men …‘Man's extremity, God's opportunity’.
1949
I capture Castle
xiii.
‘You should look in on the church if ever you're mentally run down.’ .. ‘You mean “Man's extremity is God's opportunity”?’
1980
Times
4 Dec. 17
Those extremities which have, until now, been often God's opportunity.
necessity;
opportunity
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