Luck, eh ?

One of my hobby horses, this.

There is , of course, no such quality as "luck", in the sense that one person somehow possesses luck, and another person doesn't, it is simply a shorthand way of describing a past event.

It is correct and commonplace to say that so-and-so was lucky at a certain time and place, it is a fallacy to say that so-and so is lucky.

It is simply amazing how many people believe that luck is a kind of entity which can be attracted or repulsed by some means or other ...