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Quote by Pierre Beaumarchais
English (Source)
As soon as it was noticed that, with the passage of time, old nonsense acquires an air of wisdom, and old inventions, which have become the subject of frivolous gossip, give rise to great, even grandiose truths, the world was filled with truths as big as leaf and grass. There is a truth that everyone knows, but no one talks about, because not every truth can be spoken. There is a truth that everyone extols, but not wholeheartedly, because you can't trust every truth. What shall we say of the vows of lovers, of the threats of mothers, of the promises of drunkards, of the promises of potentates, of the last word of merchants? And so on to infinity!