Born this date in 1619 was Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist and duellist best remembered for the many works of fiction about his life. 10 quotes:
I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.
This veridic nose arrives everywhere a quarter of an hour before its master. Ten shoemakers, good round fat ones too, go and sit down to work under it out of the rain.
We must believe then, that as from hence we see Saturn and Jupiter; if we were in either of the Two, we should discover a great many Worlds which we perceive not; and that the Universe extends so in infinitum.
A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.
Most men judge only by their senses and let themselves be persuaded by what they see.
The angel had told me in my dream that if I wanted to acquire the perfect knowledge I desired, I would have to go to the Moon.
You are now bearing the punishment for the shortcomings of your world. Here, as in your world, there are benighted people who cannot tolerate thinking about things they are not accustomed to.
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.
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