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There 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

We do not suffer by accident. 

—Jane Austen, 1813

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

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

—Calvin Coolidge, 1932

Some folks want their luck buttered.

—Thomas Hardy, 1886

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

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

—Charlotte Brontë, 1847

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

—Christina Stead, 1938

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

—Ovid, 8

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

—Joan Didion, 2005

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

—William Carlos Williams, 1947

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

—Arthur Griffiths, 1899
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