Because you are a great lord, you believe that you are a gr… - Pierre Beaumarchais

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Because you are a great lord, you believe that you are a great genius! You took the trouble to be born, no more. You remain an ordinary enough man!

Pierre Beaumarchais

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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French playwright, arms dealer, inventor, and social satirist.

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Alternative Names: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais • Beaumarchais

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Parce que vous êtes un grand seigneur, vous vous croyez un grand génie! … vous vous êtes donné la peine de naître, et rien de plus. Du reste homme assez ordinaire!

Be commonplace and creeping, and you attain all things.

Que les gens d'esprit sont bêtes.

Because you are a great lord, you believe that you are a great genius! You took the trouble to be born, no more. You remain an ordinary enough man! - Pierre Beaumarchais

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