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"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.
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.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
[Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.]
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
[Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.]
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.
I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for
the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was read more
I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for
the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected
works of Francis Bacon.
Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be read more
Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
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.
When God throws the dice are loaded.
When God throws the dice are loaded.