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| Translator | David Margarshack |
| First Written | 1895 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Origin | Russia |
| My Copy | library copy |
| First Read | April 08, 2005 |
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The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales
What could you do with such an artist? How could you argue with a man, who in every way was your superior; he knew more about baptism than I did, and how many times one could be baptized, he was learned in names, and knew how to snore, and I did not know how to--in everything he had the advantage--he must be given all due honour and precedence.
Quoted on May 20, 2012
The town barbers are naturally not worth anything. I did not know there were any, because even my dogs are shorn by my own hairdressers.
- from "The Toupee Artist"
Quoted on May 20, 2012