Quote of the day
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Pierre Beaumarchais
Born: January 24, 1732
Died: May 18, 1799 (aged 67)
Bio: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary.
Known for:
- The Figaro trilogy
- The Figaro Plays
- The Three Figaro Plays