Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947
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When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCFortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944It 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, 1906