No, life is not over at thirty-one!
Prince Andrew Bolkónski — in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Book Six, chapter III
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- War and Peace, Book Six, chapter III; translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude (1922–1923); Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by Prince Andrew Bolkónski, a fictional character, in War and Peace, Book Six, chapter III. His inward declaration on seeing an old oak renewed with spring leaves, a
- War and Peace, Book Six, chapter III; translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude (1922–1923)
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