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I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

William Shakespeare
Men, Play, Venice
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 77
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.