(11 quotes found)
“Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.”
P.A. Caron de Beaumarchais
“I am quick to laugh at everything, so as not to have to cry”
“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.”
“It is not necessary to believe things in order to reason about them”
“Where love is concerned, too much is not enough”
“I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.”
“Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick.”
“I make myself laugh at everything, in case I should have to weep”
“To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.”