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What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things ha

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us. – Robertson Davies

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The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. – Robertson Davies

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Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire of it. If we do tire of it, if we lose our curiosity, we have lost something of infinite value, because to a high degree it is curiosity that gives meaning and savour to life. – Robertson Davies

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Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent. – Langston Coleman

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Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold. – Yiddish Proverb

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Luck relies on chance, labor on character. – Richard Cobden

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Tsuki ni murakumo, hana ni kaze
Clouds over the moon, a storm over blossoms – Japanese Proverb

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