Note 69:1 — FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. (continued 2)
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The world 's a theatre, the earth a stage, Which God and Nature do with actors fill. Thomas Heywood: Apology for Actors. 1612.
A noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre.—Montaigne: Of the most Excellent Men.