Witches are very lucky people to know, especially happy witches. (NOC)
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He pushed his luck. It was clearly too weak to move by itself. (FE)
Fortune, he thought, follows the already fortunate. (LU)
People are always giving things to witches. It’s very nice of them. It’s possible that they think it is lucky to do so, but it’s probable that they know it’s unlucky not to. (PP)
Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck. (LL)
'Fortune favours the brave, sir,’ said Carrot cheerfully.
‘Good. Good. Pleased to hear it, captain. What is her position vis à vis heavily armed, well prepared and excessively manned armies?’ ‘Oh, no-one’s ever heard of Fortune favouring them, sir.' (J) … luck came to those who left a space for it – (MM)
'They say fortune favours the brave, but I say I’ve seen too many brave men walkin’ into battles they never walked out of.' (LH)
'How did you work that out so exactly, Mr Stibbons?’
‘I, er…’ Ponder felt the eyes of the wizards on him. ‘I-’ He stopped. ‘It was a lucky guess, sir.’ The wizards relaxed. They were extremely uneasy with cleverness, but lucky guessing was what being a wizard was all about. ‘Well done, that man,’ said Ridcully, nodding. ‘Wipe your forehead, Mr Stibbons, you’ve got away with it again.' (LC) No-one likes being told it’s their lucky day. That sort of thing does not bode well. When someone tells you it’s your lucky day, something bad is about to happen. (J)
'Luck is my middle name,’ said Rincewind, indistinctly. ‘Mind you, my first name is Bad.' (IT)
When someone is saved from certain death by a strange concatenation of circumstances they say that’s a miracle. But of course if someone is killed by a freak chain of events – the oil spilled just there, the safety fence broken just there – that must also be a miracle. Just because it’s not nice doesn’t mean it’s not miraculous. (IT)
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