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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.
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.
As ill-luck would have it.
As ill-luck would have it.
Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.
Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.
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.
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
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.
Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearth
for her magnetizes to your home those who read more
Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearth
for her magnetizes to your home those who love every heart.
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.