Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938
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It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCGood or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005Those 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. 1610Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 45Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899