There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so…

Charles Dickens
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There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat. ✨ 1836-7 Pickwick Papers, ch.4.
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There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat. ✨ 1836-7 Pickwick Papers, ch.4.

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