The most famous lines from Cyrano de Bergerac
The top 3 according to 12 votes from people: It's a rock! A peak! A cape! What am I saying, a cape? It's a peninsula! · These are the cadets of Gascony, of Carbon de Castel-Jaloux; shameless swordsmen and liars. · But one does not give up the honour of being a target.. (Updated May 29, 2023.)
The nose tirade, the duel ballade, the cadets of Gascony and the panache: the best-known lines of Edmond Rostand's play (1897).
Automatically translated (original in Français). See the original
Top 12
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1
It's a rock! A peak! A cape! What am I saying, a cape? It's a peninsula!
Cyrano, the nose tirade, Act I.
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2
These are the cadets of Gascony, of Carbon de Castel-Jaloux; shameless swordsmen and liars.
Cyrano, Act II.
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3
But one does not give up the honour of being a target.
Cyrano, Act IV.
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4
I'll have failed at everything, even my death.
Cyrano, Act V.
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5
At the end of the refrain, I hit home.
Cyrano, the duel ballade, Act I.
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6
She is coming. I already feel booted in marble, gloved in lead!
Cyrano facing death, Act V.
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7
Ah, no! That's a bit short, young man!
Cyrano to the viscount, start of the nose tirade, Act I.
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8
Rogue, rascal, ridiculous flat-footed oaf! – Ah? And I am Cyrano-Savinien-Hercule de Bergerac.
The viscount and Cyrano, Act I.
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9
Displeasing is my pleasure. I like to be hated.
Cyrano, Act II.
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10
Oh, I've done better since.
Cyrano to Roxane, who admires his hundred defeated men, Act II.
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11
A kiss, when all is said and done, what is it? A vow made a little closer, a more precise promise.
Cyrano, the balcony scene, Act III.
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12
But one does not fight in hope of success! No, no, it's far finer when it's useless!
Cyrano, Act V.
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