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title: "2 Chequer Board Quotes by 1 author"
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> [“But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this chequer-board of Nights and Days Hither and thither moves, and checks and slays”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-fitzgerald/but-helpless-pieces-of-the-game-he-plays-upon-this-chequer-board-of/)

[Edward FitzGerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-fitzgerald/)

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> [“Tis all a chequer board of nights and days, where destiny with men for pieces plays; hither and thither, and mates and slays.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-fitzgerald/tis-all-a-chequer-board-of-nights-and-days-where-destiny-with-men-for/)

[Edward Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-fitzgerald/)

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