Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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THOMAS À KEMPIS.  1380-1471.

Man proposes, but God disposes.[7:1]

Imitation of Christ. Book i. Chap. 19.

And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.[7:2]

Imitation of Christ. Book i. Chap. 23.

Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.[7:3]

Imitation of Christ. Book iii. Chap. 12.

Footnotes

[7:1] This expression is of much greater antiquity. It appears in the Chronicle of Battel Abbey, p. 27 (Lower's translation), and in The Vision of Piers Ploughman, line 13994. ed. 1550.

A man's heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth his steps.—Proverbs xvi. 9.