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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.
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.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.
Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe.
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 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.]
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.
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.
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