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We do not suffer by accident. 

—Jane Austen, 1813

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

—William Carlos Williams, 1947

’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?

—Thomas Browne, 1642

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

—Joan Didion, 2005

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

—David Hume, 1742

Some folks want their luck buttered.

—Thomas Hardy, 1886

When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.

—Martin Luther, c. 1540

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1610

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

—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC

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

—Calvin Coolidge, 1932

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

—Arthur Griffiths, 1899

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

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938
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