Edmond Rostand Quotes

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The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life without a dream?

Edmond Rostand

Dream, Life Changing, What Is Life

'La Princesse Lointaine' (1895) act 1, sc. 4

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And if kisses in these words could travel too, Madam, you'd read this letter with your lips.

Edmond Rostand

Kissing, Letters, Lips

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She is a mortal danger without meaning to be one; she's exquisite without giving ita thought; shes a trap set by nature, a rose in which love lies in ambush! Anyone who has seen her smile has known perfection. She creates grace without movement and makes all divinity fit into her slightest gesture. And neither Venus in her shell, nor Diana striding in the great, blossoming forest, can compare to her when she goes through the streets of paris in her sedan chair.

Edmond Rostand

Lying, Streets Of Paris, Perfection

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A kiss, when all is told, what is it? An oath taken a little closer, a promise more exact. A wish that longs to be confirmed, a rosy circle drawn around the verb 'to love'. A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear, a moment of infinity humming like a bee, a communion tasting of flowers, a way of breathing in a little of the heart and tasting a little of the soul with the edge of the lips!

Edmond Rostand

Flower, Taken, Heart

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It is at night that faith in light is admirable.

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Night, Light, Admirable

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I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all things.

Edmond Rostand

Love, I Am What I Am, Please

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All our souls are written in our eyes.

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Eye, Soul, Written

EDMOND ROSTAND (1923). “CYRANO DE BERGERAC”

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I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in public with a soiled conscience, a tarnished honor, threadbare scruples, or an insult that I haven't washed away. I'm always immaculately clean, adorned with independence and frankness. I may not cut a stylish figure, but I hold my soul erect. I wear my deeds as ribbons, my wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like spurs.

Edmond Rostand

Cutting, Men, Ideas

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Stay awhile! 'Tis sweet,. . . The rare occasion, when our hearts can speak Our selves unseen, unseeing!

Edmond Rostand

Sweet, Heart, Self

Edmond Rostand (2015). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, p.102, Sheba Blake Publishing

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

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Kissing, Secret, Ears

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My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.

Edmond Rostand

Stars, Fear, Flower

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Your name hangs in my heart like a bell's tongue.

Edmond Rostand

Heart, Names, Bells

Edmond Rostand, Howard Thayer Kingsbury (2004). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.

Edmond Rostand

Men, Telling The Truth, Pessimist

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My soul, be satisfied with flowers, with fruit, with weeds even; but gather them in the one garden you may call your own.

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Weed, Flower, Garden

EDMOND ROSTAND (1923). “CYRANO DE BERGERAC”

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I-I am going to be a storm-a flame- I need to fight whole armies alone; I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms; I feel too strong to war with mortals- BRING ME GIANTS!

Edmond Rostand

Strong, War, Heart

Edmond Rostand (1951). “Cyrano de Bergerac: a new version in English verse”

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To offend is my pleasure; I love to be hated.

Edmond Rostand

Moral, Pleasure, Manners

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A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

Edmond Rostand

Witty, Men, Noses

'Cyrano de Bergerac' (1897) act 1, sc. 1

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Your neck. I want to kiss it.

Edmond Rostand

Kissing, Want, Necks

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And what is a kiss, specifically? A pledge properly sealed, a promise seasoned to taste, a vow stamped with the immediacy of a lip, a rosy circle drawn around the verb 'to love.' A kiss is a message too intimate for the ear, infinity captured in the bee's brief visit to a flower, secular communication with an aftertaste of heaven, the pulse rising from the heart to utter its name on a lover's lip: 'Forever.

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Love, Flower, Communication

Edmond Rostand (1995). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, Talonbooks Limited

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Take it, and turn to facts my fantasies.

Edmond Rostand

Facts, Fantasy, Turns

Edmond Rostand (1951). “Cyrano de Bergerac: a new version in English verse”

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A great nose may be an index Of a great soul

Edmond Rostand

Soul, May, Noses

Edmond Rostand (2000). “Cyrano De Bergerac”

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I would die at the stake rather than change a semi-colon!

Edmond Rostand

Stakes, Dies

Edmond Rostand (1995). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, Talonbooks Limited

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A kiss is a rosy dot placed on the "i" in loving.

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Kissing, Kiss Me, Dots

Edmond Rostand, Howard Thayer Kingsbury (2004). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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Speak to me...be eloquent, be brilliant for me. Improvise! Rhapsodize!... I ask for cream and you give me milk and water... Please gather your dreams together into words. - Roxanne, Cyrano de Bergerac

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Dream, Giving, Water

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To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.

Edmond Rostand

Hero, Faces, Danger

Edmond Rostand, Howard Thayer Kingsbury (2004). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

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Born: April 1, 1868
Died: December 2, 1918
Occupation: Poet
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