Quote#Wisdom
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it
Quote byDouglas William Jerrold · 1803–1857
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Meeting Troubles half-way, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
— Douglas William Jerrold
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