Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932
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Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCTo hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45Good 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 BCLuck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCGood fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BC