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So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.
So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.
 "Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure,
 For there's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More.  
 "Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure,
 For there's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More. 
It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
 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. 
 As they who make
 Good luck a god count all unlucky men.  
 As they who make
 Good luck a god count all unlucky men. 
 There's something in't
 More than my father's skill, which was the great'st
  Of his profession, that his read more 
 There's something in't
 More than my father's skill, which was the great'st
  Of his profession, that his good receipt
   Shall for my legacy be sanctified
    By th' luckiest stars in heaven; and would your honor
     But give me leave to thy success, I'd venture
      The well-lost life of mine on his grace's cure
       By such a day and hour. 
Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee!
Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee!
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.