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Luck takes the step that no one sees.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

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

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

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.

—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963

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

—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1610

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

—David Hume, 1742

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

—E.B. White, 1944

’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?

—Thomas Browne, 1642

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

—Cormac McCarthy, 2005

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

—Charlotte Brontë, 1847

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938

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

—Seneca the Younger, c. 45
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