Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899
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We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCTo put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847You 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 BCLuck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932