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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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No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up. – Robert Lynd

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Morning
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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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A man without a beard is like a lion without a mane. – Dutch proverb

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If you think that to grow a beard is to acquire wisdom, a goat with a fine beard is at once a complete Plato. – Lucian of Samosata, in The Greek Anthology, Volume IV, “Book XI: The Convivial a

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Mustaches

Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. – Bulgarian Proverb

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Mustaches

So when people see mustaches now, they think hipster, not Hitler. And that, people, is the power of creative rebranding. – Kenya Barris, black‑ish, “Crazy Mom” (season1, episode4), original airdate

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Mustaches

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The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldnt get along without them. – Proverb

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I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals. – Kesha

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Fear is the needle that pierces us that it may carry a thread to bind us to heaven. – James Hastings

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If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing, she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing. – Vivienne Westwood

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