To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45
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Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCNothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCGood fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCLuck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906One 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, 1932