“Because you are a great lord, you think you are a great genius... Nobility, fortune, rank, position... what have you done to deserve so much? You took the trouble to be born, and nothing more.”
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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
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About Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Playwright
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French
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French polymath, celebrated for his exceptional talents as a playwright, inventor, and musician. His most famous works, 'The Barber of Seville' and 'The Marriage of Figaro,'...
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