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QuoteMemorizeAges 12–13 · The Hero's Journey
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.
Jaques (William Shakespeare), 1600
As You Like It, Act II, Scene vii

Jaques's 'seven ages of man' speech, from the melancholy nobleman in the Forest of Arden.

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