“Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.”

— Pierre Beaumarchais, book The Barber of Seville

Calomniez, calomniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.
Act III, scene xiii
Le Barbier de Séville (1773)

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French playwright diplomat and polymath 1732–1799

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