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Cyrano de Bergerac
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"Cyrano de Bergerac" Quotes

A witty and eloquent soldier and poet named Cyrano de Bergerac helps his handsome but tongue-tied friend Christian to woo the beautiful Roxane, with whom Cyrano is also secretly in love.

Quotes

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous, and liberal man.

Edmond Rostand

beautyappearance

A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.

Edmond Rostand

loveromance

To sing, to laugh, to dream, to walk in my own way and be alone, free, with an eye to see things as they are, a voice that means manliness.

Edmond Rostand

freedomindividuality

What, when she turned to look at you, did you see in her eyes? Nothing. A blank. Yet you felt as if she were whispering: 'I've been dreaming of you, my hero.'

Edmond Rostand

lovedeception

I shall stay here. And here alone, my life shall be filled with poetry, and music, and wit, and shall be brave in the face of death.

Edmond Rostand

courageart

I'm not tall, it's just that my head is so high it makes me look that way.

Edmond Rostand

self-esteemhumor

Ah, now I know why I loved him so! He was so near my soul that he was alway my own self!

Edmond Rostand

loveconnection

I am a poet. I like to lie.

Edmond Rostand

poetrytruth

I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.

Edmond Rostand

lovebelonging

The sweetest flower always blooms in the face of adversity.

Edmond Rostand

adversitybeauty