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Quotation from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

“I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love!”

Edmond Rostand (spoken by Roxane)

Cyrano de Bergerac, Act 5, Scene 6, trans. Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard

Portrait of Edmond Rostand

Roxane realizes as Cyrano dies that the man she loved in Christian's letters was Cyrano.

Citation: "I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love!" — Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Act 5, Scene 6, trans. Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard. (id cyrano-de-bergerac-q7)

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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