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We do not suffer by accident. 

—Jane Austen, 1813

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938

Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.

—Ambrose Bierce, 1906

Some folks want their luck buttered.

—Thomas Hardy, 1886

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

—Samuel Butler, c. 1890

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

—Charlotte Brontë, 1847

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1610

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

—Arthur Griffiths, 1899

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

—Calvin Coolidge, 1932

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

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 BC

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

—Cormac McCarthy, 2005

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

—E.B. White, 1944