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By William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women, meerely Players; They haue their Exits and their Entrances, And one man in his time playes many parts, His Acts being seuen ages.
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- Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (the First Folio), 1623 · As you like it, p. 194 (printed page number, seen), left column; archive.org page n209
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- Internet Archive (EEBO microfilm scan, STC 22273, of the 1623 First Folio, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London: Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount; page images carry the label Folger No. 7)
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Spoken by Jaques in As You Like It (First Folio, 1623; Act 2, Scene 7 in modern editions), in reply to the Duke.