Pierre Beaumarchais
As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.Collection: Government
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.Collection: Fear
I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.Collection: Fear
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.
These days what's not worth saying gets set to music.
Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick.
Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.
Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.Collection: Independence
To obtain a woman who loves you, you must treat her as if she didn't.Collection: Love You
The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.Collection: Fire
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.Collection: Men
To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.Collection: Craftiness
Honest men love women; those who deceive them adore them.Collection: Love
Without pleasure man would live like a fool and soon die.Collection: Men
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.Collection: Peace
Plays, gentlemen, are to their authors what children are to women: they cost more pain than they give pleasure.Collection: Children
Be commonplace and creeping and you'll be a success.Collection: Success
Nowadays what isn't worth saying is sung.Collection: Stupid
It is by no means necessary to understand things to speak confidently about them.Collection: Mean
I make myself laugh at everything, so that I do not weep.Collection: Laughter
Vilify! Vilify! Some of it will always stick.Collection: Advice
Today if something is not worth saying, people sing it.Collection: Music
A writer's inspiration is not just to create. He must eat three times a day.Collection: Inspiration
I would rather worry without need than live without heed.Collection: Worry
Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.Collection: Calumny Is