“ Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. ”
 William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source Macbeth
Topic life meaning futility shadow
Date 1623
Language English
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Note Written between 1599 and 1606
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