Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
Pierre de Beaumarchais
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As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.
Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.
Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.
If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.
Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
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