Act I, scene I. — (Fessenio).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 338.
La Calandria (c. 1507)
L'uomo mai un disegno non fa che la Fortuna un altro non ne faccia.
Fessenio: atto I, scena I
La Calandria
Variant: L’uomo mai un disegno non fa, che la fortuna un altro non ne faccia.
Gorgias.
Dyskolos
Context: Even if you were a softy, you took the mattock, you dug,
you were willing to work. In this part he most shows himself a man,
whoever tolerates making himself equal to another,
rich to poor. For this man will bear a change of fortune
with self-control. You have given a sufficient proof of your character.
I wish only that you remain as you are.
“See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan's deflation is another's inflation.”
Diary of an Unknown (1988)
“The surest plan to make a Man
Is, think him so.”
No. 2.
The Biglow Papers (1848–1866), Series II (1866)
“Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.”
Fate
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)
The Pageant of Life (1964), On Planning for a Better World
“God only knows
God makes his plan
The information's unavailable
To the mortal man.”
Slip Slidin' Away
Song lyrics
Context: God only knows
God makes his plan
The information's unavailable
To the mortal man.
We work our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway
When in fact we're slip slidin' away.
“Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.”
“Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?”
Section 2, member 3, subsection 2, Of the Force of Imagination.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
