The teacher told us, “If you work hard, you can become whatever you want. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”
•You shouldn't blame other people for your problems. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
every man is the architect of his own fortune — Although attributed to Bacon in quot. 1991, this was a saying of the Roman censor Appius Claudius Caecus (4th 3rd cent. BC): PSEUDO SALLUST Ad Caesarem Senem i. sed res docuit id verum esse, quod in carminibus Appius ait, fabrum esse suae quemque … Proverbs new dictionary
man — see man cannot live by bread alone whatever man has done, man may do a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks man is the measure of all things man proposes, God disposes man’s extremity is … Proverbs new dictionary
every — see every little helps every man for himself every man for himself, and devil take the hindmost every man for himself, and God for us all every man has his price every man is the architect of his own fortune … Proverbs new dictionary
fortune — see fortune favours fools fortune favours the brave every man is the architect of his own fortune opportunity never knocks twice at any man’s door … Proverbs new dictionary
architect — see every man is the architect of his own fortune … Proverbs new dictionary
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