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Luck is the residue of design.
Luck is the residue of design.
A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast read more
A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast to his barn door,
That luck might down upon him pour;
That every blessing known in life
Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
O, once in each man's life, at least,
Good luck knocks at his door;
And wit to read more
O, once in each man's life, at least,
Good luck knocks at his door;
And wit to seize the flitting guest
Need never hunger more.
But while the loitering idler waits
Good luck beside his fire,
The bold heart storms at fortune's gates,
And conquers its desire.
All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps read more
All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps right on going -- is the man who is there when the good luck comes -- and is ready to receive it.
As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives
intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her read more
As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives
intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's
wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.
You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good.
You can take it as understood That your luck changes only if it's good.
