"My wit is more polished than your mustache.……" — Edmond Rostand
"My wit is more polished than your mustache. The truth which I speak strikes more sparks from men's hearts than your spurs do from the cobblestones."
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35 Quotes by Edmond Rostand
Edmond Rostand has 35 quotes on this site.
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A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I…
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The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life without a dream?
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I would die at the stake rather than change a semi-colon!
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A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.
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It is at night that faith in light is admirable.
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I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all…
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To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic…
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A kiss, when all is said, what is it? An oath that's given closer than before; A promise more precise;…
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After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a more precise promise, a confession that contains…
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Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices, Each note of which calls like a little sister, Those airs slow,…
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A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'I' in loving; Tis a…
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All our souls are written in our eyes.
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Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come easy. I feel as much…
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The flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in…
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In Germany, you have a huge official memorial to the murdered Jews and then you have this artist who's been…
— Amy Waldman
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When this is over...we will got to the rainforest, or a beach as white as bone. We will eat grapes…
— Jodi Picoult
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And before long , the msuic , the views rushing past the window , my fathers voice and the narrow…
— Orhan Pamuk
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Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?" "Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good…
— Brandon Sanderson
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His voice was handsome and broken, like a cobblestone street.
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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Must’ve been hard on your mom,” Frank said. “I guess we’ll do anything for someone we love.” Hazel squeezed his…
— Rick Riordan
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Soon we will plunge ourselves into cold shadows, and all of summer's stunning afternoons will be gone. I already hear…
— Charles Baudelaire
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