Sunday, May 18, 2008

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais died today – 209 years ago

Author (of “The Barber of Seville”, “The Marriage of Figaro”, and “The Guilty Mother”) Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was born on January 24, 1732 in Paris, France. He said, “To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.” [Use your learnin’ to be clever.]... Mr. de Beaumarchais died on May 18, 1799 in Paris, France.





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