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Luck takes the step that no one sees.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

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

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

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

—Charlotte Brontë, 1847

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

—Christina Stead, 1938

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

—Ambrose Bierce, 1906

Some folks want their luck buttered.

—Thomas Hardy, 1886

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

—Joan Didion, 2005

Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.

—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

—David Hume, 1742

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

—Calvin Coolidge, 1932

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1610

It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.

—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

—William Carlos Williams, 1947