Because you are a great lord, you believe that you are a great genius! You took the trouble to be born, no more. You remain an ordinary enough man! (Pierre Beaumarchais)

Because you are a great lord, you believe that you are a great genius! You took the trouble to be born, no more. You remain an ordinary enough man!

Pierre Beaumarchais

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