Pierre Auguste Caron de Beaumarchais Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

8 Famous Quotes by Pierre Auguste Caron de Beaumarchais
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“Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things. [Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]”
Success Quotes
Source: Barbier de Seville (III, 7)
“It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning them. [Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire de tenir les choses pour en raisonner.]”
Reason Quotes
Source: Barbier de Seville (V, 4)
“Everything ends with songs. [Fr., Tout finit par des chansons.]”
Songs Quotes
Source: Mariage de Figaro (end)
“I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. [Fr., Je me hate de me moquer de tous, de peur d'etre oblige d'en pleurer.]”
Laughter Quotes
Source: Barbier de Seville (act I, sc. 2)
“What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]”
Wit Quotes
Source: Barbier de Seville (I, 1)
“Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks. [Fr., Calumniez, calumniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.]”
Calumny Quotes
Source: Barbier de Seville (act III, 13)
“Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely circulated.”
Calumny Quotes
Source: Barbier de Seville (act III, 13)
“That which is not worth speaking they sing. [Fr., Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le chante.]”
Singing Quotes
Source: Barbier de Seville (I, 1)
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