A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Thousand a Year I. i. It’s really very inconvenient.. for any of my young men to be
absent.. but—I suppose—what must be must be. 1850 DICKENS David Copper-field lvii.
‘My love,’ observed Mr. Micawber, ‘.. I am always willing to defer to your good sense.
What will be—will be.’ 1981 J. BINGHAM Brock 70 Oh well, what must be, must be.
fate and fatalism