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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 165. The proverb today is every man

  • is the architect of his own fortune. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. This

  • proverb could also be heard as every man is the architect of his destiny, of his

  • fate or and luck as well as fortune. So every man is the architect of his

  • fortune. Every man is the architect of his destiny. Every man is the architect

  • of his fate. Or every man is the architect of his luck. So you might hear

  • it with any one of those nouns, All of them could be heard. All right. Let's

  • continue. All right. The proverb basically means that a person's own decisions, behavior

  • and actions will determine the course of his life or his or her life. Okay. Good

  • And let's continue. The origin is believed to originally be a quote by the

  • Roman politician and historian, Sallust. The estimated time of his life or was

  • from around 86 BC to 35 BC. So that's around the time that he existed. During

  • the Roman Empire. He was BC probably right about in the middle of it when the

  • Roman Empire was still very strong. . Let's continue. And we have two examples.

  • to cover this. Our teacher always told us we have the ability to become whatever

  • we want through hard work and determination. She

  • would say every man is the architect of his fortune. Okay. Good. And number two. If

  • you don't succeed, don't blame ... don't put the blame on other people. Every man is

  • the architect of his own fortune. All right. Great.

  • I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. I hope it was food for thought.

  • Thanks for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 165. The proverb today is every man

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