jokainen on oman onnensa seppä

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, “everyone is the smith of their own fortune”. Probably ultimately a calque of Latin faber est quisque fortunae suae.

Proverb[edit]

jokainen on oman onnensa seppä

  1. every man is the architect of his own fortune
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