When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540
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Good 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 BCSome folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.
—Mark Twain, 1897Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
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