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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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And yonder sits a maiden,
The fairest of the fair,
With gold in her garment glittering,
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And yonder sits a maiden,
The fairest of the fair,
With gold in her garment glittering,
And she combs her golden hair.

by Heinrich Heine Found in: Hair Quotes,
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An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair,
And fell adown his shoulders with losse care.

An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair,
And fell adown his shoulders with losse care.

by Abraham Cowley Found in: Hair Quotes,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Hair Quotes,
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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness.

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness.

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Found in: Hair Quotes,
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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.

by Robert Bland 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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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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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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