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

—Arthur Griffiths, 1899

To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.

—Samuel Butler, c. 1890

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

—Calvin Coolidge, 1932

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

—Christina Stead, 1938

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

—E.B. White, 1944

It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear. 

—Charlotte Brontë, 1847

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

—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

—William Carlos Williams, 1947

To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.

—Seneca the Younger, c. 45

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

—Joan Didion, 2005

We do not suffer by accident. 

—Jane Austen, 1813

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

—David Hume, 1742
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