All things change except barbers, the ways of barbers, and the surroundings
of barbers. These never change.
- "About Barbers," Sketches New and Old
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from ST. NICHOLAS, March 1916
A barber seldom rubs you like a Christian.
- "About Barbers," Sketches New and Old |
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by True Williams from first edition of SKETCHES NEW AND OLD
"About Barbers" first appeared in The Galaxy in August 1871.
Mark Twain also wrote about barbers in an essay titled "Barbarous"
published in the New York Sunday Mercury, March 24, 1867.
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