Quotes by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“Calumny, sir! You don't know what you're despising. I have seen the worthiest people nearly crushed by it.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“To drink without thirst and to make love at any time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other beasts.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“Slander, my lord! You know not what you despise; I have seen the greatest of men brought low by it.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“What have you done to deserve so many advantages? You took the trouble of being born, and nothing more.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“To drink without thirst and to make love in any season, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other beasts.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“To receive, to take, and to ask; there is the secret in three words.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“Mediocre and groveling, that's the only way to get anywhere.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“Pretend to ignore what you know, and to know what you don't.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“The quality of a good intrigue is to be found in its movement.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“Experience teaches us to be more on our guard against the wiles of men than against the open force of arms.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais