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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction
Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to
meet it.
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to
meet it.
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.]
Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.
Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.
This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.
Away; go. They say there is read more
This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.
Away; go. They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in
nativity, chance, or death.
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.
