Edited sentence: " (act IV."All the world's a stage.(act II, scene vii.And all the men and women merely players;.And one man in his time plays many parts,.Full text: wikisource:As You Like It - Act II).His acts being seven ages...".The Hindu version is substantially more hopeful.The nearest Western equivalents are the lines from Shakespeare's As You Like It.They have their exits and their entrances,.and King Lear: "As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.lines 37–38).scene i