there but for the grace of god go i

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More generally, our fate is not entirely in our own hands
A recognition that others' misfortune could be one's own, if it weren't for the blessing/kindness/luck bestowed by fate or the Divine
Man's fate is in God's hands
there but for the grace of god go i

    Silbentrennung

    there but for the grace of God go i

    Türkische aussprache

    dher bʌt fôr dhi greys ıv gäd gō ay

    Aussprache

    /ˈᴛʜer ˈbət ˈfôr ᴛʜē ˈgrās əv ˈgäd ˈgō ˈī/ /ˈðɛr ˈbʌt ˈfɔːr ðiː ˈɡreɪs əv ˈɡɑːd ˈɡoʊ ˈaɪ/

    Etymologie

    () Allegedly from a mid-sixteenth-century statement by John Bradford, "There but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford", in reference to a group of prisoners being led to execution.
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