Yes, I'd rather be shy than smart; a foolish diffidence constrains my heart. I reach for a star; then, from a morbid dread of ridicule, I pluck a flo… - Edmond Rostand

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Yes, I'd rather be shy than smart; a foolish diffidence constrains my heart. I reach for a star; then, from a morbid dread of ridicule, I pluck a flower instead.

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About Edmond Rostand

Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (1 April 1868 - 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist most famous for his fictional play Cyrano de Bergerac, based upon the life of Cyrano de Bergerac.

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Alternative Names: Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand

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Noi abbiamo sempre in tasca lettere pronte per la divinità... Frutto della nostra fantasia, visto che apparteniamo a quella razza d'uomini che per amante si prendono un sogno soffiato nella bolla d'un nome!

Do you remember that night Christian spoke / Under your window? It was always so! / While I stood in the darkness underneath, / Others climbed up to win the applause - the kiss!- / Well - that seems only justice.

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- CYRANO, regardant Christian :
Si j'avais
Pour exprimer mon âme un pareil interprète !
- CHRISTIAN, avec désespoir :
Il me faudrait de l'éloquence !
- CYRANO, brusquement :
Je t'en prête !
Toi, du charme physique et vainqueur, prête-m'en :
Et faisons à nous deux un héros de roman !

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