Rosie

“All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.”
― Machiavelli Niccolo, The Prince

“All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.”
― Seán O'Casey

“Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr