Tis all a Checkerboard of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and stays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.

Edward FitzGerald
Tis all a Checkerboard of Nights and Days Where Destiny...
Tis all a Checkerboard of Nights and Days Where Destiny...
Tis all a Checkerboard of Nights and Days Where Destiny...
Tis all a Checkerboard of Nights and Days Where Destiny...
About This Quote

This is a quote from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. To love and be loved is one of the most natural human desires. It is also something that most people feel they are not good enough to achieve. However, this quote above shows us that it can be done.

The quote says that fate plays with our lives like a game of chess, moving pieces around to make sure we are never out of check. You can’t avoid fate because you will always be playing a part in the game of life. When you understand this, you will know how to play your own part in the game of life and make the best moves to win the game.

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