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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.]

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His hair stood upright like porcupine quills.

His hair stood upright like porcupine quills.

by Giovanni Boccaccio Found in: Hair Quotes,
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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.

by John Dryden Found in: Hair Quotes,
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And though it be a two-foot trout,
'Tis with a single hair pulled out.

And though it be a two-foot trout,
'Tis with a single hair pulled out.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Hair Quotes, Trout Quotes,
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The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs

by Irish Proverb Found in: Hair Quotes,
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Loose his beard, and hoary hair
Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air.

Loose his beard, and hoary hair
Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Hair Quotes,
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I pray thee let me and my fellow have
A hair of the dog that bit us last night.

I pray thee let me and my fellow have
A hair of the dog that bit us last night.

by John Heywood Found in: Hair Quotes,
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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.

by Charles Lamb Found in: Hair Quotes,
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The hair is the richest ornament of women.

The hair is the richest ornament of women.

by Martin Luther Found in: Hair Quotes,
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Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got read more

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

by James Brown Found in: Hair Quotes,
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