Did William Shakespeare really say 'All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.'?

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

— William Shakespeare Early Modern · Greatest playwright in English

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"Hang him, dishonest rascal!"

"You are a cur."

"What, you egg?"

"Give me your hand, Terrestrial cherubim!"

"Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners."

As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7

Date: c. 1599-1600

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