Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergeracwas a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian and duelist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth6 March 1619
CountryFrance
stars book adventure
Well — when I write my book, and tell the tale Of my adventures — all these little stars That shake out of my cloak — I must save those To use for asterisks...
witty men noses
A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
stupid teaching nymphs
The people of your world became so stupid and rude that my companions and I no longer enjoyed teaching them. You must surely have heard of us: we were called oracles, nymphs, spirits, fairies, household gods, lemures, larvas, lamias, sprites, water-nymphs, incubi, shades, spirits of the dead, specters and ghosts.
fire heaven prometheus
Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he?
romantic beautiful sweet
She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful without knowing it, and possesses charms that she's not even aware of. She is like a trap set by nature - a sweet perfumed rose in whose petals Cupid lurks in ambush! Anyone who has seen her smile has known perfection. She instills grace in every common thing and divinity in every careless gesture. Venus in her shell was never so lovely, and Diana in the forest never so graceful as you.
nature men thinking
The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages.
single hiking may
I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.