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there but for the grace of god go i
prov. 1 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. 2 Man's fate is in God's hands. 3 ''More generally'', our fate is not entirely in our own hands.
Usage examples of "there but for the grace of god go i".
I like my cops to be ordinary chaps like myself who can look at some poor devil in trouble and think: There but for the grace of God go I.
He almost added, There but for the grace of God go I, but at the last moment kept silent.
Deprived of other distractions, she thought about the weekend ahead, and the phrase there but for the grace of God go I came to mind and would not be dispelled.