E Rostand Quotes & Sayings

All our souls are written in our eyes. — Edmond Rostand

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness. — Jean Rostand

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. — Jean Rostand

ROXANE. One hundred men against one: you! - So, good bye! - We are the best of friends, are we not? CYRANO. Assuredly, we are! — Edmond Rostand

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us. — Jean Rostand

A kiss! When all is said, what is a kiss? An oath of allegiance taken in closer proximity, a promise more precise, a seal on a confession, a rose-red dot upon the letter i in loving; a secret which elects the mouth for ear; an instant of eternity murmuring like a bee; balmy communion with a flavor of flowers; a fashion of inhaling each other's hearts, and of tasting, on the brink of the lips, each other's soul! — Edmond Rostand

A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear. — Edmond Rostand

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am. — Edmond Rostand

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. — Jean Rostand

I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence. — Jean Rostand

I would die at the stake rather than change a semi-colon! — Edmond Rostand

A man stands straighter under hostile eyes. — Edmond Rostand

Oh, don't take it so hard. I drove into this madness. Every woman needs a little madness in her life. — Edmond Rostand

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become. — Jean Rostand

Kill one man, and you are murderer — Jean Rostand

Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror. — Jean Rostand

Take it, and turn to facts my fantasies. — Edmond Rostand

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious. — Jean Rostand

Roxane: His face is like yours, burning with spirit and imagination. He is proud and noble and young and fearless and beautiful-
Cyrano:(losing all his colour.) Beautiful!
Roxane: Yes. What's wrong?
Cyrano: With me? Nothing. It's only ... only ... (Displaying his bandaged hand, with a little smile.) This fatal wound. — Edmond Rostand

A kiss, when all is told, what is it? An oath taken a little closer, a promise more exact. A wish that longs to be confirmed, a rosy circle drawn around the verb 'to love'. A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear, a moment of infinity humming like a bee, a communion tasting of flowers, a way of breathing in a little of the heart and tasting a little of the soul with the edge of the lips! — Edmond Rostand

She is a mortal danger without meaning to be one; she's exquisite without giving ita thought; shes a trap set by nature, a rose in which love lies in ambush!
Anyone who has seen her smile has known perfection. She creates grace without movement and makes all divinity fit into her slightest gesture.
And neither Venus in her shell, nor Diana striding in the great, blossoming forest, can compare to her when she goes through the streets of paris in her sedan chair. — Edmond Rostand

Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God. — Jean Rostand

I-I am going to be a storm-a flame- I need to fight whole armies alone; I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms; I feel too strong to war with mortals- BRING ME GIANTS! — Edmond Rostand

There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well. — Jean Rostand

My heart to yours sends but one cry:
If kisses fast could flee
By letter, then with your sweet lips
My letters read should be! — Edmond Rostand

We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth? — Jean Rostand

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. — Jean Rostand

Quotations
always inexact. I don't trust people who cannot even copy out. — Jean Rostand

On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite. — Jean Rostand

One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. — Jean Rostand