"every man is the architect of his own fortune" meaning in English

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        "Each person is the chief cause of their success or failure in life."
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "každý svého štěstí strůjcem"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "ĉiu kreas sian forton, ĉiu forĝas sian sorton"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "jokainen on oman onnensa seppä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "chacun est l’artisan de sa fortune"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "jeder ist seines Glückes Schmied"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "ki-ki a maga szerencséjének kovácsa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "każdy jest kowalem swojego losu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "всяк своему́ сча́стью кузне́ц (vsjak svojemú sčástʹju kuznéc, literally “every man is the smith of his own fortune”)",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "každý je strojcom svojho šťastia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "cada uno tiene lo que se merece"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
          "word": "envar sin egen lyckas smed"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "every man is the architect of his own fortune"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "každý svého štěstí strůjcem"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "ĉiu kreas sian forton, ĉiu forĝas sian sorton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "jokainen on oman onnensa seppä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "chacun est l’artisan de sa fortune"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "jeder ist seines Glückes Schmied"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "ki-ki a maga szerencséjének kovácsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "każdy jest kowalem swojego losu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "всяк своему́ сча́стью кузне́ц (vsjak svojemú sčástʹju kuznéc, literally “every man is the smith of his own fortune”)",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure"
    },
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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "každý je strojcom svojho šťastia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "cada uno tiene lo que se merece"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "each person is the chief cause of their success or failure",
      "word": "envar sin egen lyckas smed"
    }
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  "word": "every man is the architect of his own fortune"
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