Pierre de Beaumarchais
Playwright
1732-01-24 – 1799-05-18
Pierre de Beaumarchais was a French playwright and man of letters, best known for The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. His works were central to 18th-century French theater.
Books by Pierre de Beaumarchais
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Quotes by Pierre de Beaumarchais
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Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
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Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick.
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I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.
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We drink without thirst and we make love anytime, madame; only this distinguishes us from the other animals.
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I would rather worry without need than live without heed.
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Plays, gentlemen, are to their authors what children are to women: they cost more pain than they give pleasure.
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