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
love romantic romance
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
laughter laughing cry
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.
craftiness
To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.
advice sticks vilify
Vilify! Vilify! Some of it will always stick.
laughter laughing
I make myself laugh at everything, so that I do not weep.
wind fire light
The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.
calumny-is sticks calumny
Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.
gets music saying
These days what's not worth saying gets set to music.