Ruggero Leoncavallo

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

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

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

“The comedy is finished!”

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

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