Edmond Rostand Quotations

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

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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