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Luck
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Chance favors prepared minds.

Luck is the unpredictable and seemingly random force that favors individuals or events, shaping outcomes beyond their conscious control or direct efforts. This element of chance profoundly impacts human life because it injects both hope and uncertainty into our experiences, influencing success, failure, and the stories we tell ourselves about the world.

Luck

# Luck & Belief

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Context: • William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act I, scene 3, line 252.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“By the luckiest stars.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Part I, Book I, Chapter II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As ill-luck would have it.”

— Unknown

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Context: • William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act IV, scene 3, line 11.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“And good luck go with thee.”

— Unknown

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Context: • William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1597; published 1602), Act III, scene 5, line 83.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As good luck would have it.”

— Unknown

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Context: • William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 13, line 179.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“When mine hours were nice and lucky.”

— Unknown

More Quotes

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Context: • William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act I, scene 3, line 252.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“By the luckiest stars.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Part I, Book I, Chapter II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As ill-luck would have it.”

— Unknown

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Context: • William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act IV, scene 3, line 11.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“And good luck go with thee.”

— Unknown

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Context: • William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1597; published 1602), Act III, scene 5, line 83.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As good luck would have it.”

— Unknown

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Context: • William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 13, line 179.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“When mine hours were nice and lucky.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Charles Sheffield, The Grand Tour in Dancing with Myself (1993), , p. 113
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Luck is infatuated with the efficient.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Robert Rodat, depicting "Pvt. Reiben" in Saving Private Ryan (1998).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“I don't need luck, Sarge. I was born lucky!”

— Unknown

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Context: • J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Hermione Granger referring to a luck potion Felix Felicis.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Luck can only get you so far.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Jay Wayne Jenkins, "And Then What" (2005)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Some say I lucked up; I call it perfect timing.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Branch Rickey, as quoted in Psychology Applied to Work : An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (1982) by Paul M. Muchinsky, p. 482; this has often become paraphrased as : "Luck is the residue of hard work and design".
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Luck is the residue of design.”

— Unknown

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Context: • John Heywood, Proverbs, Part I, Chapter IX.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 484.)

“Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after mee.”

— Unknown

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Context: • A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
• Juvenal, Satires (early 2nd century), VII. 202.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 484.)

“Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.”

— Unknown

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Context: • George Eliot, The Spanish Gypsy (1868), Book I.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Gary Player, as quoted in "Gary Player: take it from the man in black: rats save lives, caning isn't all bad, and we make our own breaks" by Guy Yocom, in Golf Digest (October 2002).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“The harder I practice, the luckier I get.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Sir John Young “Jackie” Stewart (b. 1939), Scottish racing driver, businessman. From his interview with Martyn Lewis, in Lewis’ book, Reflections on Success (1997), p. 938.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847), Part I, Stanza 2.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.”

— Unknown

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Context: • George Lucas, depicting an expression of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars (1977).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Anonymous (?) proverbial saying, source: Klara Landauhttp://news.nzzexecutive.ch/~/33_fragen_an_klara_landau_direktorin_augenklinik_universitaetsspital_zuerich_1.10116108.html.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“No amount of careful planning can beat pure luck.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Nero Wolfe in The Rubber Band (1936) by Rex Stout.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Douglas Jerrold, Jerrold's Wit, Meeting Trouble Half-Way.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 484.)

“Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.”

— Unknown

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Topic

Luck
Quotes

Chance favors prepared minds.

Luck is the unpredictable and seemingly random force that favors individuals or events, shaping outcomes beyond their conscious control or direct efforts. This element of chance profoundly impacts human life because it injects both hope and uncertainty into our experiences, influencing success, failure, and the stories we tell ourselves about the world.

Luck

# Luck & Belief

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Context: • William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act I, scene 3, line 252.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“By the luckiest stars.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Part I, Book I, Chapter II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As ill-luck would have it.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act IV, scene 3, line 11.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“And good luck go with thee.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1597; published 1602), Act III, scene 5, line 83.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As good luck would have it.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 13, line 179.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“When mine hours were nice and lucky.”

— Unknown

More Quotes

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Context: • William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act I, scene 3, line 252.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“By the luckiest stars.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Part I, Book I, Chapter II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As ill-luck would have it.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act IV, scene 3, line 11.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“And good luck go with thee.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1597; published 1602), Act III, scene 5, line 83.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As good luck would have it.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 13, line 179.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“When mine hours were nice and lucky.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Charles Sheffield, The Grand Tour in Dancing with Myself (1993), , p. 113
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Luck is infatuated with the efficient.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Robert Rodat, depicting "Pvt. Reiben" in Saving Private Ryan (1998).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“I don't need luck, Sarge. I was born lucky!”

— Unknown

U

Context: • J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Hermione Granger referring to a luck potion Felix Felicis.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Luck can only get you so far.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Jay Wayne Jenkins, "And Then What" (2005)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Some say I lucked up; I call it perfect timing.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Branch Rickey, as quoted in Psychology Applied to Work : An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (1982) by Paul M. Muchinsky, p. 482; this has often become paraphrased as : "Luck is the residue of hard work and design".
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Luck is the residue of design.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • John Heywood, Proverbs, Part I, Chapter IX.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 484.)

“Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after mee.”

— Unknown

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Context: • A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
• Juvenal, Satires (early 2nd century), VII. 202.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 484.)

“Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • George Eliot, The Spanish Gypsy (1868), Book I.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Gary Player, as quoted in "Gary Player: take it from the man in black: rats save lives, caning isn't all bad, and we make our own breaks" by Guy Yocom, in Golf Digest (October 2002).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“The harder I practice, the luckier I get.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Sir John Young “Jackie” Stewart (b. 1939), Scottish racing driver, businessman. From his interview with Martyn Lewis, in Lewis’ book, Reflections on Success (1997), p. 938.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847), Part I, Stanza 2.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • George Lucas, depicting an expression of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars (1977).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Anonymous (?) proverbial saying, source: Klara Landauhttp://news.nzzexecutive.ch/~/33_fragen_an_klara_landau_direktorin_augenklinik_universitaetsspital_zuerich_1.10116108.html.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“No amount of careful planning can beat pure luck.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Nero Wolfe in The Rubber Band (1936) by Rex Stout.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Douglas Jerrold, Jerrold's Wit, Meeting Trouble Half-Way.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 484.)

“Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.”

— Unknown

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Luck Quotes - Best Quotes about Luck | QuotesCosmos

Topic

Luck
Quotes

Chance favors prepared minds.

Luck is the unpredictable and seemingly random force that favors individuals or events, shaping outcomes beyond their conscious control or direct efforts. This element of chance profoundly impacts human life because it injects both hope and uncertainty into our experiences, influencing success, failure, and the stories we tell ourselves about the world.

Luck

# Luck & Belief

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act I, scene 3, line 252.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“By the luckiest stars.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Part I, Book I, Chapter II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As ill-luck would have it.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act IV, scene 3, line 11.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“And good luck go with thee.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1597; published 1602), Act III, scene 5, line 83.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As good luck would have it.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 13, line 179.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“When mine hours were nice and lucky.”

— Unknown

More Quotes

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Context: • William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act I, scene 3, line 252.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“By the luckiest stars.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15), Part I, Book I, Chapter II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As ill-luck would have it.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act IV, scene 3, line 11.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“And good luck go with thee.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1597; published 1602), Act III, scene 5, line 83.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As good luck would have it.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 13, line 179.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“When mine hours were nice and lucky.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Charles Sheffield, The Grand Tour in Dancing with Myself (1993), , p. 113
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Luck is infatuated with the efficient.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Robert Rodat, depicting "Pvt. Reiben" in Saving Private Ryan (1998).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“I don't need luck, Sarge. I was born lucky!”

— Unknown

U

Context: • J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Hermione Granger referring to a luck potion Felix Felicis.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Luck can only get you so far.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Jay Wayne Jenkins, "And Then What" (2005)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Some say I lucked up; I call it perfect timing.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Branch Rickey, as quoted in Psychology Applied to Work : An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (1982) by Paul M. Muchinsky, p. 482; this has often become paraphrased as : "Luck is the residue of hard work and design".
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Luck is the residue of design.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • John Heywood, Proverbs, Part I, Chapter IX.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 484.)

“Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after mee.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
• Juvenal, Satires (early 2nd century), VII. 202.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 484.)

“Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • George Eliot, The Spanish Gypsy (1868), Book I.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Gary Player, as quoted in "Gary Player: take it from the man in black: rats save lives, caning isn't all bad, and we make our own breaks" by Guy Yocom, in Golf Digest (October 2002).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“The harder I practice, the luckier I get.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Sir John Young “Jackie” Stewart (b. 1939), Scottish racing driver, businessman. From his interview with Martyn Lewis, in Lewis’ book, Reflections on Success (1997), p. 938.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847), Part I, Stanza 2.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • George Lucas, depicting an expression of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars (1977).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Anonymous (?) proverbial saying, source: Klara Landauhttp://news.nzzexecutive.ch/~/33_fragen_an_klara_landau_direktorin_augenklinik_universitaetsspital_zuerich_1.10116108.html.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“No amount of careful planning can beat pure luck.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Nero Wolfe in The Rubber Band (1936) by Rex Stout.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author )

“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.”

— Unknown

U

Context: • Douglas Jerrold, Jerrold's Wit, Meeting Trouble Half-Way.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Luck" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 484.)

“Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.”

— Unknown

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