BARBER

Related Subjects: Baldness, Beard, Hair

1. And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head, and upon thy beard.—Bible, Ezekiel 5:1

2. 'Tis an office of more trust to shave a man's beard than to saddle a horse.—CERVANTES, Don Quixote
   

3. With odorous oil thy head and hair are sleek;
   And then thou kemb'st the tuzzes on thy cheek:
   Of these, my barbers take a costly care.—DRYDEN, Fourth Satire of Persius
   

4. To make a fine gentleman several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.—GOLDSMITH
   

5. A good lather is half the shave.—WILLIAM HONE, Every-Day Book
   

6. Of a thousand shavers, two do not shave so much alike as not to be distinguished.—SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswell: Life
   

7. But he shaved with a shell when he chose,
   'Twas the manner of primitive man.—ANDREW LANG, Double Ballad of Primitive Man
   

8. Thy boist'rous locks, no worthy match
   For valour to assail, nor by the sword.
   But by the barber's razor best subdued.—MILTON, Samson Agonistes
   

9. Barber, barber, shave a pig!
   How many hairs make a wig?—Mother Goose
   

10. A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answered, "In silence."—PLUTARCH, Lives
    

11. One barber shaves not so close but another finds work.—Proverb
    

12. Like a barber's chair, that fits all buttocks.—SHAKESPEARE, All's Well that Ends Well
    

13. Our courteous Antony,
    Being barber'd ten times o'er, goes to the feast.—SHAKESPEARE, Antony and Cleopatra

14. Whose beard they have sing'd off with brands of fire;
    And ever, as it blaz'd, they threw on him
    Great pails of puddled mire to quench the hair:
    My master preaches patience to him and the while
    His man with scissors nicks him like a fool.—SHAKESPEARE, The Comedy of Errors
    

15. And his chin new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-time.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV
    

16. I must to the barber's, monsieur; for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face.—SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer-Night's Dream
    

17. Accept a proverb out of Wisdom's schools—
    "Barbers first learn to shave by shaving fools."—JOHN WOLCOT