Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886
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It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCFortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Good fortune is light as a feather, but nobody knows how to hold it up. Misfortune is heavy as the earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of its way.
—Zhuangzi, c. 300 BCIt is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.
—Mark Twain, 1897Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCLuck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944