Fortune is blind. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- From bad to worse.
- Our day will come.
- One man's meat is another man's poison.
- It never rains but it pours.
- A drowning man will catch at a straw.
- Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
- It is not work that kills but worry.
- Misfortunes never come alone.
- Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
- While the grass grows, the horse starves.
- He dances well to whom fortune pipes.
- An unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea-cup.
- Every flow has its ebb.
- Bread never falls but on its buttered side.
- Whom God loves, his bitch brings forth pigs.
- Into the mouth of a bad dog often falls a good bone.
- Rust eats up iron.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.
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Fortune favours fools.
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God sends fortune to fools.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Fortuna favet fatuis.
Fortune favors fools.
French
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La fortune est aveugle.
Fortune is blind.
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La fortune rit aux sots.
Fortune laughs at fools.
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A fou fortune.
A fou fortune.
German
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Die Dummen haben das meiste Glück.
The stupid have the most luck.
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Das Glück ist Kindern und Narren hold.
Fortune favors children and fools.
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Das Glück ist der Dummen Vormund.
Fortune is the fool's guardian.
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Narren haben das beste Glück.
Fools have the best luck.
Czech
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Když se štěstí unaví, sedne i na vola.
When happiness gets tired, it sits on an ox.
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Když je štěstí unavené, sedne i na vola.
When happiness is tired, it sits on an ox.
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Kapka štěstí nad bečku moudrosti.
A drop of happiness over a barrel of wisdom.
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Cím větší šelma, tím větší štěstí.
The bigger the beast, the luckier.
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Zřídka se scházejí štěstí a rozum.
Rarely do luck and reason meet.
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Cím větší neřád, tím větší štěstí.
The bigger the mess, the luckier.