The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)

by William Shakespeare

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano, 81 A stage where every man must play a part, 82 And mine a sad one.

ANTONIO I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano, 81 A stage where every man must play a part, 82 And mine a sad one. 83 [Act 1 Scene 1]