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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.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“I like this place, And willingly could waste my time in it.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Can one desire too much of a good thing?” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“I do desire we may be better strangers.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“And his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy bread.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Your gentleness shall force more than your force move us to gentleness.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“The more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Since the little wit that fools have was silenced, the little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Love is merely a madness; and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do: and the reason why they are not so punished and cured is, that the lunacy is so ordinary that the whippers are in love too.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“I pray you do not fall in love with me, For I am falser than vows made in wine: Besides, I like you not.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“You shall never take her without her answer, unless you take her without her tongue.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover;” William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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As You Like It is a comedy by William Shakespeare probably written in 1599. The play tells the story of Rosalind who flees her uncle's duchy after being banished from it. Jacques' soliloquy, which begins with the famous line “All the world's a stage”, is particularly well known.

Running away from the court of the duchy usurped by her uncle, Rosalind, disguised as a man, finds herself with her cousin Celia in a forest, where she meets the one who loves her, Orlando. Rosalind then plays with her suitor by continuing to hide her identity. Finally, as the duke decides to give his duchy back to his brother, Rosalind and Orlando get married in the last scene with the other couples that have formed throughout the play.

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