totus mundus agit histrionem

Latin to English Art/Literary

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Proposed translations (English)

5 +1	All the world's a stage	Jack Doughty
5	the whole world is a stage	Sven Petersson
0	All world is a stage	bookerb

Proposed translations

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Jack Doughty

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All the world's a stage

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances..." (etc.)
The "Seven Ages of Man" speech from
"As You Like It", Act II, Scene vii, line 139 et seq.

Reference:

Collected Works of William Shakespeare

Penguin Dictionary of Quotations

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