It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963
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Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCOne should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCFortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890