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Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.

—Arthur Griffiths, 1899

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

Some folks want their luck buttered.

—Thomas Hardy, 1886

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BC

There 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, 1897

Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.

—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1610

’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?

—Thomas Browne, 1642

When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.

—Martin Luther, c. 1540

It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear. 

—Charlotte Brontë, 1847

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938

To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.

—Samuel Butler, c. 1890

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

—Seneca the Younger, c. 45