“The first (barbers) that entered Italy came out of Sicily and it was in the 454 yeare after the foundation of Rome. Brought in they were by P. Ticinius Mena as Verra doth report for before that time they never cut their hair. The first that was shaven every day was Scipio Africanus, and after cometh Augustus the Emperor who evermore used the razor.” FirstsUsedCuttingHairFoundationReportsRomeEmperorRazorsAugustusEvermoreBarbers Author:Pliny the Elder
“This modern craze for putting the young in positions of authority - headmasters in their thirties, bishops without a gray hair on their heads, generals who scarcely need to use a razor - ever since it took hold the world's gone steadily downhill.” WorldNeedsUseYoungGoneGenerationsModernPositionHairAuthorityGrayBishopsRazorsGray HairCrazeHeadmasters Author:Elizabeth Goudge
“But as the scissors snip-snapped through her hair and the razor shaved the rest, she realized with a sudden awful panic that she could no longer recall anything from the past. I cannot remember, she whispered to herself. I cannot remember. She's been shorn of memory as brutally as she'd been shorn of her hair, without permission, without reason... Gone, all gone, she thought again wildly, no longer even sure what was gone, what she was mourning.” ReasonPastRememberMemoriesGoneHairAwfulMourningPanicRecallsPermissionRazorsScissors Author:Jane Yolen