A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

Another of Rostand's works Les Romanesques was adapted to the musical comedy The Fantasticks. In 1901 Rostand became the youngest writer to be elected to the Académie française. Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (French: [ʁɔstɑ̃]; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist.

Another of Rostand's works Les Romanesques was adapted to the musical comedy The Fantasticks. Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (French: [ʁɔstɑ̃]; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist.