all the world's a stage

Etymology
(baptized 1564; died 1616) from the beginning of a monologue delivered by the character Jaques in Act II, scene vii, of the play As You Like It, believed to have been written in 1599: “All the world’s a stage, / And all the men and women, meerly Players;”.

Proverb

 * 1) People have roles to play in life just as actors do in the theatre.

Translations

 * French: le monde entier est un théâtre
 * Hungarian: színház az egész világ
 * Italian: tutto il mondo è paese
 * Khmer: លោកិយទាំងមូលជាឆាកល្ខោន
 * Russian: весь мир - теа́тр, а лю́ди в нём актёры