34 Quotes by Pierre Beaumarchais

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.

Without pleasure man would live like a fool and soon die.

Nowadays what isn't worth saying is sung

Honest men love women; those who deceive them adore them.

It is by no means necessary to understand things to speak confidently about them.

I make myself laugh at everything, so that I do not weep.

To obtain a woman who loves you, you must treat her as if she didn't.

Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.

To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.