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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