“No, In fairy tales
When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says
"I love you!" all his ugliness fades fast —
But I remain the same, up to the last!”

—  Edmond Rostand

Cyrano, Act 5, Sc. 6
Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)

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French writer 1868–1918

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