Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906
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Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCSurvivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC