’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642
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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCFortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8To 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, 1847We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCGood 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 takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCSome folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886