Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938There 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, 1897’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCFortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610