A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

loved see BETTER to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Lovell see the CAT, the rat, and Lovell the dog, rule all England under the hog.
lover see JOVE but laughs at lovers’ perjury; the QUARREL of lovers is the renewal of love.
There is LUCK in leisure
It is often advisable to wait before acting.

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  1683 G. MERITON Yorkshire Dialogue 9 There’s luck in Leizur. 1859 ‘SKITT’ Fisher’s River vii. Thinks I, ‘There’s luck in leisure,’ as I’ve hearn folks say. ..So I jist waited a spell. 1936 J. ESTEVEN While Murder Waits xxii. ‘You.. won’t decide now?’.. ‘There’s luck in leisure, Victoria.’ ■ patience and impatience; procrastination
  

There is LUCK in odd numbers
A superstition similar to that in THIRD time lucky. Cf. VIRGIL Eclogues viii. 75 numero deus impare gaudet, the god delights in an uneven number.

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  1598 SHAKESPEARE Merry Wives of Windsor v. i. 3 This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. 1837 S. LOVER Rory O’More I. (title-page) ‘There’s luck in odd numbers,’ says Rory O’More. 1883 J. PAYN Thicker than Water I. i. She was . . by no means averse to a third experiment in matrimony. . . ‘There was luck in odd numbers.’ 1963 N. FITZGERALD Day of Adder i. You can make that five then. ..There’s luck in odd numbers. "luck; superstition
  

luck see also the DEVIL’S children have the Devil’s luck; DILIGENCE is the mother of good luck; FOOLS for luck; see a PIN and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck.
LUCKY at cards, unlucky in love
The idea is present in 1738 SWIFT Polite Conversation iii. 213 Well, Miss, you’ll
have a sad Husband, you have such good Luck at Cards.

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