“A great nose may be an index Of a great soul”
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Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play *Cyrano de Bergerac*. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century. Another of Rostand's works, Les Romanesques (1894), was adapted to the 1960 musical comedy *The Fantasticks*. **Source**: [Edmond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Rostand) on Wikipedia
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“A great nose may be an index Of a great soul”
“I carry my adornments on my soul. I do not dress up like a popinjay; But inwardly, I keep my daintiness. I do not bear with me, by any chance, An insult not yet washed away- a conscience Yel...”
“Your neck. I want to kiss it.”
“...But...to sing, to dream, to smile, to walk, to be alone, be free, with a voice that stirs and an eye that still can see! To cock your hat to one side, when you please at a yes, a no, to f...”
“Cyrano: The leaves--- Roxane: What color---Perfect Venetian red! Look at them fall. Cyrano: Yes---they know how to die. A little way From the branch to the earth, a little fear Of mingling w...”
“Proclaim your pride and bitterness loudly to the world, but to me speak softly, and tell me simply that she doesn't love you.”
“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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