Cyrano: I can see him there — -he grins — - He is looking at my nose — -that skeleton — -What's that you say? Hopeless? — -Why, very well! — - But a … - Edmond Rostand

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Cyrano: I can see him there — -he grins — -
He is looking at my nose — -that skeleton — -What's that you say? Hopeless? — -Why, very well! — -
But a man does not fight merely to win!
No — -no — -better to know one fights in vain!...
You there — -Who are you? A hundred against one — -
I know them now, my ancient enemies — -
Falsehood!...There! There! Prejudice — -Compromise — -Cowardice — -
What's that? No! Surrender? No!
Never — -never!...
Ah, you too, Vanity!
I knew you would overthrow me in the end — -
No! I fight on! I fight on! I fight on!
Yes, all my laurels you have riven away
And all my roses; yet in spite of you,
There is one crown I bear away with me,
And to-night, when I enter before God,
My salute shall sweep all the stars away
From the blue threshold! One thing without stain,
Unspotted from the world, in spite of doom
Mine own! — -
And that is...
Roxane: — -That is...
Cyrano: My white plume....