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Quotation from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

“Not to mount high, perchance, but mount alone!”

Edmond Rostand (spoken by Cyrano)

Cyrano de Bergerac, Act 2, Scene 8, trans. Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard

Portrait of Edmond Rostand

The last line of his refusal to seek a patron, after the long series of No, grammercy answers to Le Bret.

Citation: "Not to mount high, perchance, but mount alone!" — Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Act 2, Scene 8, trans. Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard. (id cyrano-de-bergerac-q4)

Portrait: M. Coquelin aîné. Porte Saint-Martin. Cyrano de Bergerac : [photographie, tirage de démonstration] / [Atelier Nadar], Atelier Nadar. Photographe, Public domain.

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