“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”

Source: As You Like It

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English playwright and poet 1564–1616

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“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 his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.”

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Variant: 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 his time plays many parts.
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