(noun) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young. Example: "Children learn through play."
"Everybody needs beauty, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike."
"Day play, we play all day. Night fight, we fight all night."
"The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure."
"Either you play the game or you let the game play you."
"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."
"If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die."
"The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things."
"When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with."
"It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part."
"Play is the highest form of research."
"Life is a play that does not allow testing."
"The world is a stage and the play is badly cast."