More from Edmond Rostand
My soul, be satisfied with flowers, with fruit, with weeds even; but gather them in the one garden you may call your own.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand It is at night that faith in light is admirable.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand To offend is my pleasure; I love to be hated.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand It is at night that faith in light is admirable.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand A kiss is a rosy dot placed on the “i” in loving.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand A great nose may be an index Of a great soul.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand Stay awhile! ‘Tis sweet,. . . The rare occasion, when our hearts can speak Our selves unseen, unseeing!
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all things.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand And if kisses in these words could travel too, Madam, you’d read this letter with your lips.
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand Stay awhile! ‘Tis sweet,. . . The rare occasion, when our hearts can speak Our selves unseen, unseeing!
Edmond RostandEdmond Rostand
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The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose
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Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties…and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
Clement AttleeClement Attlee People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe Most birds are very stiff-necked, like the robin, and as they run or hop upon the ground, carry the head as if it were riveted to the body.
John BurroughsJohn Burroughs When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains.
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