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

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