George Orwell Quotes

Good luck tended to avoid me.

The entire universe is working against me. I can't believe the entire universe could be that foolish!

Everything happens to me. I've never had a streak of luck in my life.

Life is ruthless, and its bestowal of fortune arbitrary and capricious. I'd been born to morons, and mine was a shabby life.

All the bad things that have ever happened to me have always happened in Rome.

Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good.

Fortune's unjust; she ruins oft the brave, and him who should be victor, makes the slave.

A good man's fortune may grow out at heels.

Good and bad fortune are found severally to visit those who have the most of the one or the other.

Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it's way.

The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain.

I always seemed to be in the right place at the wrong time.

Fate can be one mean god at times.

Antonio: Will you stay no longer? nor will you not that I go with you? Sebastian: By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone. It were a bad recompense for your love to lay any of them on you.

Fate is gonna find you in your glass of champagne.

Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.

One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well, soon afterward they are certain to go wrong. It's just the way things are meant to be.

Many men, seemingly impelled by fortune, hasten forward to meet misfortune half way.

Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors.

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

As they say, when a man begins to have bad luck, even clabber can break his head.

Fate weaves the darkness, which is perhaps why she weaves so badly.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

This day's black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end.

When luck ain't with you it's against you." ~pg 92