What is, must be.
Quem fata pendere volunt, non mergitur undis.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- In for a penny, in for a pound.
- Sink or swim.
- Business is business.
- The die is cast.
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
- Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's.
- Man proposes, God disposes.
- Once you pledge, don't hedge.
- The horse thinks one thing and he who rides him another.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- He that is born to be hanged, shall never be drowned.
- No flying from fate.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
- Quem fata pendere volunt, non mergitur undis. The waves do not drown on whom the fates wish to hang.
- Ratio fatum vincere nulla valet. There is no reason to overcome fate.
- Si quis suspendi debet, nequit in mare mergi. If a man is to be hanged, he cannot be drowned in the sea.
French
- On ne peut pas fuir son destin. You can't run away from your destiny.
- On ne peut vaincre sa destinée. You can't conquer your destiny.
- Qui est né pour le gibet ne se noyera jamais. Those born for the gallows will never drown.
- On ne peut se dérober à sa destinée. You can't escape your destiny.
- Contre fortune force aucune. Against all odds.
German
- Wer zum Galgen geboren ist, ersäuft nicht. He who is born to the gallows does not drown.
- Was hängen soll, ersäuft nicht. What should hang, does not drown.
Czech
- Osudu neutečeš. You can't escape fate.
- Kdo má být oběšený, ten se neutopí. He who is to be hanged shall not be drowned.
- Osudu neujdeš. You can't escape your fate.
- Osudu neunikneš. You can't escape fate.
- Co je komu souzeno, to ho nemine. What is destined for whom, it will not pass him by.
- Co má býti, tomu nelze ujíti. What is to be cannot be escaped.
- Věc Bohem souzená nemíjí. The thing ordained by God does not pass away.