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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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Within the midnight of her hair,
Half-hidden in its deepest deeps.

Within the midnight of her hair,
Half-hidden in its deepest deeps.

by Barry Cornwall 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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It was brown with a golden gloss, Janette,
It was finer than silk of the floss, my pet;
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It was brown with a golden gloss, Janette,
It was finer than silk of the floss, my pet;
'Twas a beautiful mist falling down to your wrist,
'Twas a thing to be braided, and jewelled, and kissed--
'Twas the loveliest hair in the world, my pet.

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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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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.

by Bible Found in: Hair Quotes,
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Tresses, that wear
Jewels, but to declare
How much themselves more precious are.

Tresses, that wear
Jewels, but to declare
How much themselves more precious are.

by Richard Crashaw Found in: Hair Quotes,
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Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but read more

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

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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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Those curious locks so aptly twin'd,
Whose every hair a soul doth bind.

Those curious locks so aptly twin'd,
Whose every hair a soul doth bind.

by Thomas Carew Found in: Hair Quotes,
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