“ When one's head is gone one doesn't weep for one's hair! ”
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace (1869). copy citation
| Author | Leo Tolstoy |
|---|---|
| Source | War and Peace |
| Topic | madness sanity hair |
| Date | 1869 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2600/2600-h/2600-h.htm |
Context
“If you please, could not guards be placed if only to let us close the shop….»
Several shopkeepers crowded round the officer.
«Eh, what twaddle!» said one of them, a thin, stern-looking man. «When one's head is gone one doesn't weep for one's hair! Take what any of you like!» And flourishing his arm energetically he turned sideways to the officer.
«It's all very well for you, Iván Sidórych, to talk,» said the first tradesman angrily. «Please step inside, your honor!»” source
Several shopkeepers crowded round the officer.
«Eh, what twaddle!» said one of them, a thin, stern-looking man. «When one's head is gone one doesn't weep for one's hair! Take what any of you like!» And flourishing his arm energetically he turned sideways to the officer.
«It's all very well for you, Iván Sidórych, to talk,» said the first tradesman angrily. «Please step inside, your honor!»” source
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