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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938

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

—Samuel Butler, c. 1890

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

—David Hume, 1742

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

—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC

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

—Cormac McCarthy, 2005

When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.

—Martin Luther, c. 1540

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

—William Carlos Williams, 1947

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

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

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

—Calvin Coolidge, 1932

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1610

Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.

—Ambrose Bierce, 1906

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

—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC
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