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It is at night that faith in light is admirable. - [Faith] My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. - [Pessimists] Without doubt I can teach crowing: for I gobble. [Fr., Sans doute Je peux apprendre a coqueriquer: je glougloute.] - Chanticleer (act I, sc. 2) [Self-love] And sounding in advance its victory, My song jets forth so clear, so proud, so peremptory, That the horizon, seized with a rosy trembling, Obeys me. [Fr., Et sonnant d'avance sa victoire Mon chant jaillit si net, si fier, si peremptoire, Que l'horizon, saisi d'un rose tremblement, M'obeit.] - Chanticleer (act II, sc. 3) [Self-love] I fall back dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red, At having, I myself, caused the sun to rise. [Fr., Je recule Ebloui de me voir moi meme tout vermeil Et d'avoir, moi, le coq, fait elever le soleil.] - Chanticleer (act II, sc. 3) [Self-love] Malebranche would have it that not a soul is left; we humbly think that there still are hearts. [Fr., Malebranche dirait qu'il n'y a plus une ame: Nous pensons humblement qu'il reste encor des coeurs.] - Chanticleer--Prelude [Heart] A kiss, when all is said, what is it? . . . a rosy dot Placed on the "i" in loving; 'tis a secret Told to the mouth instead of to the ear. - Cyrano de Bergerac [Kisses] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK 'Tis my soul That I thus hold erect as if with stays, And decked with daring deeds instead of ribbons, Twirling my wit as it were my moustache, The wile I pass among the crowd, I make Bold truths ring out like spurs. - Cyrano de Bergerac [Soul] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK Your name hangs in my heart like a bell's tongue. - Cyrano de Bergerac [Names] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK
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