All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

Sean O'Casey (1880–1964) Irish playwright [b. John Casey, a.k.a. Seán O'Cathaseaigh]
(Attributed)

Widely attributed to O'Casey, but I am unable to find a primary source or verifiable citation.

See Cicero (44 BC), Shakespeare (1599), Heywood (1612), Billings (1877), Brooks (1970), Watterson (1993).

 
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