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The great ages of prose are the ages in which men shave. The great

The great ages of prose are the ages in which men shave. The great ages of poetry are those in which they allow their beards to grow. – Robert Lynd

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Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. – Robert Lynd

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Christmas
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Robert Lynd
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Coleridge says that to bait a mouse-trap is as much as to say to the mouse, Come and have a piece of cheese, and then, when it accepts the invitation, to do it to death is a betrayal of the laws of hospitality. – Robert Lynd

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Hospitality
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It always seemed to me that men wore their beards, like they wear their neckties, for show. – D.H. Lawrence

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For a healthy beard, be sure to brush it daily and take it for a walk every evening. – BeardGuru.com

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A particular face shows determination merely by the turn of the moustache; but the moustache is robbed of all its expression unless it be worn by itself. Accompanied by the other parts of the beard, it loses its originality, it ceases to be a marked characteristic of will or temper. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875

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Mustaches

Make beard, not war. – Author Unknown

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Mustaches

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May your home always be too small to hold all of your friends. – Author Unknown

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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. – Kurt Vonnegut

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Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach. – Ivan Pavlov

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I have more respect for somebody who points at his ideal – in this case, the ideal of the pirate – and then becomes something thats more radical, more exciting, more subversive than a pirate could ever be. – Will Oldham

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