“Great riches come to many men by chance.”
Bias of Priene (-600–-530 BC) ancient Greek philosopher, one of the Seven Sages
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)
“Many great failures and many great successes are due to chance and not to human folly or ingenuity.”
Source: The Best of All Possible Worlds (2006), Chapter 7, May The Best One Win, p. 138.
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