"Destiny is a croupier in the Casino of Life. Some hands are good, some are not. Your success in the game depends not on getting good cards, but on how well you play the bad ones."
~ Uncle Dodgy
From the historic annals of www.ask.com, October 14, 2014 (complete with tilde)
...and if that is not enough, then here is a great piece of wisdom the same Uncle Dodgy gave us in haiku form on August 14 same year (and no, he did not write it)
the ducks that haven't
been cooked, quack.