Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899
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When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCCasting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCTo hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642