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George Eliot Quotes about Luck

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There's good chances and bad chances, and nobody's luck is pulled only by one string.

There's good chances and bad chances, and nobody's luck is pulled only by one string.

George Eliot
Luck, Chance, Strings
George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.6293, Delphi Classics

Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.

George Eliot
Education, Luck, Matter
"Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse: Selected from the Works of George Eliot".

Folks as have no mind to be o' use have allays the luck to be out o' the road when there's anything to be done.

George Eliot
Luck, Mind, Use
George Eliot (2016). “Adam Bede”, p.143, George Eliot

Things don't happen because they're bad or good, else all eggs would be addled or none at all, and at the most it is but six to the dozen. There's good chances and bad chances, and nobody's luck is pulled only by one string.

George Eliot
Eggs, Luck, Would Be
George Eliot (1866). “Felix Holt: The Radical”, p.16

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