It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCFortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCLuck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944Good fortune is light as a feather, but nobody knows how to hold it up. Misfortune is heavy as the earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of its way.
—Zhuangzi, c. 300 BCGood fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCOne should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895