“It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning them.”

— Pierre Beaumarchais , The Barber of Seville

Il n'est pas nécessaire de tenir les choses pour en raisonner.
Act V, scene iv. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 658-59.
Le Barbier de Séville (1773)

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Le Barbier de Séville (1773)

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French playwright diplomat and polymath 1732–1799

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