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Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1610

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BC

It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.

—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

—E.B. White, 1944

We do not suffer by accident. 

—Jane Austen, 1813

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

—Ovid, 8

To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.

—Seneca the Younger, c. 45

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

—Christina Stead, 1938

Luck, 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, 1642

Some folks want their luck buttered.

—Thomas Hardy, 1886