Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCIt is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCA self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886