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Classical antiquity1 quote
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless. — Herodotus · 430 BCColonial America1 quote
Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736The Renaissance1 quote
Fortune, that arrant whore,
Ne’er turns the key to th’ poor. — William Shakespeare · 1606