Quotes by Pierre de Beaumarchais

Pierre de Beaumarchais

French playwright

Lived from: 1732 - 1799

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: France

Born: 24 january 1732 Died: 18 may 1799

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• Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.

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• Drinking, when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.

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• I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.

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• I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

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• If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.

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• It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

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• Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick.

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• Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.

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Subjects in these quotes:

• distinguish
• everything
• understand
• concerned
• animals
• obliged

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