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Ah, no, young man, that is not enough!

— Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)

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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.

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

Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)

It is at night that faith in light is admirable.

You blessed my life!
Never on me had rested woman's love.

Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)

Yes, a poet, … and, to such an extent, that while we fence, I will, hop!, extempore, compose you a ballade!

Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)

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