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Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
Author
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
Luck
Fool
Greater
Forget
Upon
Every
Contingency
Enters
Count

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if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.
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