“Ill luck, you know, seldom comes alone.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 6.
“When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.”
— Mark Twain, book Pudd'nhead Wilson
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
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Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book I, Ch. 2.
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