Edmond Rostand Quotes
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I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love!
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You blessed my life!Never on me had rested woman's love.My mother even could not find me fair:I had no sister; and, when grown a man,I feared the mistress who would mock at me.But I have had your friendship - grace to youA woman's charm has passed across my path.
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A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'I' in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear.
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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.
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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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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.
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You strip from me the laurel and the rose!Take all! Despite you there is yet one thingI hold against you all, and when, tonight,I enter Christ's fair courts, and, lowly bowed,Sweep with doffed casque the heavens' threshold blue,One thing is left, that, void of stain or smutch,I bear away despite you … My panache.
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No, In fairy talesWhen to the ill-starred Prince the lady says'I love you!' all his ugliness fades fast - But I remain the same, up to the last!
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Malebranche dirait qu’il n’y a plus une âme: Nous pensons humblement qu’il reste encor des cœurs.
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Je reculeÉbloui de me voir moi même tout vermeilEt d’avoir, moi, le coq, fait élever le soleil.
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The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life, without a dream?
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Live, for I love you!
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Sans douteJe peux apprendre à coqueriquer: je glougloute.
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Call no one. Leave me not;When you come back, I should be gone for aye.