Famous quotes containing the words pierre de beaumarchais, pierre de and/or beaumarchais:
“Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from the other animals.”
—Pierre De Beaumarchais (1732–1799)
“When a woman wants a man and lusts after him, the lover need not bother to conjure up opportunities, for she will find more in an hour than we men could think of in a century.”
—Pierre De Brantôme [Pierre De Bourdeille (c. 1530–1614)
“I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep at it.”
—Pierre De Beaumarchais (1732–1799)