Nature of luck and fate – miscellaneous motifs.
Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · Nature of luck and fate. · Nature of luck and fate – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as N140
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Luck or intelligence? Dispute as to which is the more powerful. Man with intelligence remains poor (is brought into court). Saved by mere luckDestiny better than work, show, or speculation. A peasant makes a little by his work; a nobleman more by his outward show; a merchant still more by speculation; but a prince most of all by his destinyLuck only with money that is earned honestlyCast-out princess prospers because of Good LuckMan not fated to die cannot be killed. (Cf. N101.3.)