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Quotation from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

“A nobler pain than hunger,--'tis of the soul, not of the body!”

Edmond Rostand (spoken by Cyrano)

Cyrano de Bergerac, Act 4, Scene 3, trans. Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard

Portrait of Edmond Rostand

At the starving siege of Arras he has the old fifer play songs of Gascony, and the cadets weep for home.

Citation: "A nobler pain than hunger,--'tis of the soul, not of the body!" — Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Act 4, Scene 3, trans. Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard. (id cyrano-de-bergerac-q6)

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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