Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895