Creative Quotations from Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732-1799)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Pierre de Beaumarchais
(1732-1799) born on Jan 24

French dramatist. "He wrote two outstanding comedies of intrigue that still popular today -- "The Barber of Séville," 1775, and "The Marriage of Figaro," 1785."

I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep at it.

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

"As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything."

"Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough."

"Be commonplace and creeping, and you will be a success."

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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Figaro, in "Le Barbier de Séville," act 1, sc. 2. Byron expressed a similar idea in Don Juan, cto. 4, st. 4: "And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.""
R:	"In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
A:	"In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991."
N:	""Marriage of Figaro.""
K:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."