Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938
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To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCYou never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC