tempt fortune
Example Sentences
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But it does not do to tempt fortune too far.
From Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War by Paget, Walter
At length he deliberately adopted the resolution that the better part of valour was discretion, and that he would tempt fortune in verse no more.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
Still no one appeared willing to tempt fortune.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 by Various
He wanted to go to Paris and tempt fortune in some of the public gambling-houses that abounded there.
From Best Russian Short Stories by Seltzer, Thomas
Again the vessels in which he was preparing to tempt fortune seem preposterously small.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony