The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Beaumarchais

5 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Médiocre et rampant, et l'on arrive à tout. Be commonplace and creeping, and you attain all things. S.— filed under Success
Que les gens d'esprit sont bêtes. What silly people wits are!— filed under Wit
Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'être dit, on le chante. That which is not worth speaking they sing.— filed under Singing
I. 1 Tout finit par des chansons. Everything ends with songs.— filed under Singing
Il n'est pas nécessaire de tenir les choses pour en raisonner. It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning them.— filed under Understanding
← Beaumont AND Fletcher. See BeauBeaumont →