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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

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

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

—Thomas Hardy, 1886

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

—David Hume, 1742

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

—Ambrose Bierce, 1906

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1610

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

—Ovid, 8

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

—Samuel Butler, c. 1890