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Trying to impress De Guiche, Valvert decides that he's going to humiliate Cyrano. Valvert tries to do this by calling Cyrano's nose large. Cyrano is unimpressed, and humiliates Valvert by offering many more effective insults that he could have used. He then dismisses Valvert as being pathetic and witless, and dares him to come up with an original insult. Valvert is petrified, and De Guiche tries to drag him away. Valvert attempts to insult Cyrano, by pointing out his lack of fancy dress. Cyrano replies that all of his virtues are on the inside, and outer trappings mean nothing to him: "My wit is more polished than your moustache. The truth which I speak strikes more sparks from men's hearts than your spurs do from the cobblestones."

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