Ruggero Leoncavallo

“Such a game, believe me, is better not to play.”

“No! I am not Pagliaccio! If my face is pale, it is with the shame of it, and I am mad for revenge!”

“The comedy is finished!”

“Laugh, Pagliaccio, at your broken love! Laugh at the sorrow that poisons your heart!”

“Put on your costume and whiten your face. The people pay and want to laugh here.”

“The stage and life are not the same thing.”