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“Tis all a Checkerboard of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and stays, And…

— Edward FitzGerald

“Tis all a chequer board of nights and days, where destiny with men for pieces plays; hither and thither, and mates and slays.”

— Edward Fitzgerald

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…

— Omar Khayyam

“But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this chequer-board of Nights and Days Hither and thither moves, and checks and slays”

— Edward FitzGerald

“To-night, for the first time in my life, I saw through the hollowness, the sham, the silliness of the empty pageant in which I…

— Oscar Wilde

“On nights such as these the gods, as has already been pointed out, play games other than chess with the fates of mortals and…

— Terry Pratchett

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in…

— Blake Crouch

“My destiny plays with me in such a way I feel I play with my destiny.”

— Vivake Pathak

However, our fates at least are social. Our courses do not diverge; but as the web of destiny is woven it is fulled, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Come gather 'round hardy men of the steppes and listen to my tale of heroes bold and friendships fast and the Tyrant of Icenwind…

— R.A. Salvatore

“Just gaze awhile on everyone, You cannot find the fanning wings, The soft and rosy pleasures; Destiny plays! This is destiny. A time comes…

— Ekamdeep Singh

“‎Destiny finds those who listen, and fate finds the rest.”

— Marshall Masters