Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC
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Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947Good 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, 1886You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963