Fair tresses man’s imperial race ensnare, and beauty draws us with a single hair.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Soft hair, on which light drops a diadem.
—Gerald Massey (1828–1907) English Mystic, Poet, Egyptologist
By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.
—George Bancroft (1800–91) American Historian, Politician
Her head was bare, but for her native ornament of hair, which in a simple knot was tied; sweet negligence—unheeded bait of love.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Beware of her fair locks, for when she winds them round a young man’s neck, she will not set him free again.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
Gray hair is a sign of age, not wisdom.
—Greek Proverb
The hairs of age are messengers which bid us to repent and pray.—Of death they are the harbingers that do prepare the way.
—William Sandys Wright Vaux (1818–85) British Antiquarian, Curator
Her sunny locks hang on her temples like a golden fleece.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Gray hairs are death’s blossoms.
—Common Proverb
Gray hairs are death’s blossoms.
—English Proverb
The hair is the richest ornament of women.—Of old, virgins used to wear it loose, except when they were in mourning.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
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