What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story,/And the greatest good is little enough:/for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
Source: Life is a Dream, 1635.
-- Pedro Calderon de la Barca, (Jan 17 1600-1681), Spanish dramatist, poet; He succeeded Lope de Vega as the greatest Spanish playwright of the Golden Age; wrote The Surgeon of His Honour, 1635.