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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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  Hero, Faces, Danger

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

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• You must believe me when I believe, and not when I doubt.

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  Believe, Doubt, I Believe

  Edmond Rostand (1910). “Chantecler”

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• Proclaim your pride and bitterness loudly to the world, but to me speak softly, and tell me simply that she doesn't love you.

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  Love You, Pride, World

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• My wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like spurs.

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  Men, Mustache, Spurs

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• A bird who can gobble is qualified to teach crowing.

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  Doubt, Teach, I Can

  "Chantecler". Play by Edmond Rostand, Act 1, Scene 2, www.gutenberg.org. 1910.

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• A man does not fight to win; it is better to fight in vain.

  Edmond Rostand

  Fighting, Winning, Men

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• Roxane: His face is like yours, burning with spirit and imagination. He is proud and noble and young and fearless and beautiful- Cyrano:(losing all his colour.) Beautiful! Roxane: Yes. What's wrong? Cyrano: With me? Nothing. It's only... only... (Displaying his bandaged hand, with a little smile.) This fatal wound.

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  Beautiful, Hands, Imagination

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• No, In fairy tales When 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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  Love You, Lasts, Fairy Tale

  Edmond Rostand (2015). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, p.178, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• I sing, not to hear the echo repeat, a shade fainter, my song! I think of light and not of glory! Singing is my fashion of waging war and bearing witness. And if my song is the proudest of songs, it is that I sing clearly to make the day rise clear!

  Edmond Rostand

  Fashion, Song, War

  EDMOND ROSTAND (1910). “CHANTECLER PLAY IN FOUR ACTS”

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• My wit is more polished than your mustache. The truth which I speak strikes more sparks from men's hearts than your spurs do from the cobblestones.

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  Heart, Men, Mustache

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

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• A kiss, when all is said, what is it? An oath that's given closer than before; A promise more precise; the sealing of Confessions that till then were barely breathed; A rosy dot placed on the i in loving.

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  Kissing, Promise, Dots

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• After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a more precise promise, a confession that contains its own proof, a seal placed on a pact that has already been signed; it's a secret told to the mouth rather than to the ear.

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  Inspiring, Kissing, Secret

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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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  Funny, Kissing, Romantic Love

  Edmond Rostand (2013). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• A kiss! When all is said, what is a kiss? An oath of allegiance taken in closer proximity, a promise more precise, a seal on a confession, a rose-red dot upon the letter i in loving; a secret which elects the mouth for ear; an instant of eternity murmuring like a bee; balmy communion with a flavor of flowers; a fashion of inhaling each other's hearts, and of tasting, on the brink of the lips, each other's soul!

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  Fashion, Flower, Taken

  Edmond Rostand (1899). “Cyrano de Bergerac”

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• I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love!

  Edmond Rostand

  Loses

  Edmond Rostand (2015). “Cyrano de Bergerac”, p.178, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• How obvious it is now--the gift you gave him. All those letters, they were you... All those beautiful powerful words, they were you!.. The voice from the shadows, that was you... You always loved me!" Roxanne

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  Beautiful, Powerful, Voice

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

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• ROXANE: Live, for I love you! CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When 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! ROXANE: I have marred your life--I, I! CYRANO: 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 you A woman's charm has passed across my path.

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  Mother, Blessed, Love You

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• Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices, Each note of which calls like a little sister, Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets Cyrano Act 5.

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  Family, Sweet, Heart

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