Rosemonde Gérard

Rosemonde Gérard

Louise-Rose-Étiennette Gérard, known as Rosemonde Gérard (April 5, 1866 – July 8, 1953) was a French poet and playwright. She was the wife of Edmond Rostand (author of Cyrano de Bergerac), and was a granddaughter of Étienne Maurice Gérard, who was a Marshal and a Prime Minister of France.

Quotes

  • Car, vois-tu, chaque jour je t'aime davantage,
    Aujourd'hui plus qu'hier et bien moins que demain.
    • For, you see, each day I love you more,
      Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
    • "L'éternelle chanson", IX, Les Pipeaux (1890) — P. Dupré, Encyclopédie des Citations (1959) p. 176. Reported in Suzy Platt (ed.) Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989) p. 215, no. 1130