All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: the…

William Shakespeare
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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. ✨ 'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139
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