Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCQuotes
Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 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, 1897One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCWhen the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742