La Rochefoucauld §laroch_256: In all professions we affect a part and an appearance to seem what we wish to...

In all professions we affect a part and an appearance to seem what we wish to be. Thus the world is merely composed of actors. ["All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."--Shakespeare, As You Like It{, Act II, Scene VII, Jaques}. "Life is no more than a dramatic scene, in which the hero should preserve his consistency to the last."--Junius.]