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One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.
One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.
 And from that luckless hour my tyrant fair
 Has led and turned me by a single hair.  
 And from that luckless hour my tyrant fair
 Has led and turned me by a single hair. 
 She knows her man, and when you rant and swear,
 Can draw you to her with a single hair.  
 She knows her man, and when you rant and swear,
 Can draw you to her with a single hair. 
 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother 
is dead, and he is read more 
 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother 
is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way 
in the which we go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with 
sorrow to the grave. 
 His head,
 Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er,
  Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth,
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 His head,
 Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er,
  Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth,
   But strong for service still, and unimpair'd. 
The hair is the richest ornament of women.
The hair is the richest ornament of women.
 It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief 
could be assuaged by baldness.
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 It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief 
could be assuaged by baldness.
 [Lat., Stultum est in luctu capillum sibi evellere, quasi calvito 
maeror levaretur.] 
We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.
We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.
 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of 
righteousness.  
 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of 
righteousness.