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Pierre Beaumarchais Quotes
Page 1 of 1Pierre Beaumarchais
January 24, 1732 - May 17, 1799
Nationality: French
Category: Inventor
|  Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals. | | As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. Topics: Government | | It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. | | I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. | | Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough. | | Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more. | | If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it. | | Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick. | | I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. |
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