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> [But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/but-helpless-pieces-of-the-game-he-plays-upon-this-checker-board-of/)

[Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/)

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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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