Hello Val
Steinbeck's novel is one of my top ten but he nicked the title ( or to put it more kindly - was inspired by) from Robert Burns
Steinbeck's novel is one of my top ten but he nicked the title ( or to put it more kindly - was inspired by) from Robert Burns
Terri
The best laid schemes of mice and men
Meaning
The most carefully prepared plans may go wrong.
Origin
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But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane [you aren't alone]
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley, [often go awry]
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promised joy.
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The poem is of course the source for the title of John Steinbeck's 1937 novel - Of Mice and Men.