Pierre Beaumarchais
Pierre Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchaiswas a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth24 January 1732
CountryFrance
fear hasten laugh obliged weep
I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep at it.
fear hasten obliged
I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.
gets music saying
These days what's not worth saying gets set to music.
believe great took trouble
Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.
animals drinking love thirsty
Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
peace heart choices
Can love and peace live in the same heart? Youth is unhappy because it is faced with this terrible choice; love without peace, or peace without love.
music people today
Today if something is not worth saying, people sing it.
men land play
I grant men the land, the government, the wealth, all the chances. I accept that you have to hold all the cards, since that's the only way you know how to play; but I refuse to swallow your disrespect.
worry needs heed
I would rather worry without need than live without heed.
success commonplace
Be commonplace and creeping and you'll be a success.
inspiration three three-times
A writer's inspiration is not just to create. He must eat three times a day.
calumny-is sticks calumny
Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.
wind fire light
The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.
men fool pleasure
Without pleasure man would live like a fool and soon die.