It is at night that faith in light is admirable.
¶ Chantecler (1910)
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Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) French playwright
To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.
¶ Speech to the Académie française (1903)
Quoted in John Lahr, "Fighting and Writing," The New Yorker (12 Nov 2007).
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