One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895
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Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899There 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, 1897Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCTo hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813